A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.

Abandoned bull fighting ring, slowly falling apart in Uruguay.

A jungle in the heart of São Paulo reminds visitors of what Brazil looked like untouched by man.

A giant bird sits atop a tower at one of the largest shopping centers in Brazil.

A beautiful, abandoned farming headquarters overtaken by nature and graffiti.

This modernist building is the last remnant of an ambitious plan to restore a neighborhood.

This public elevator links the lower city to the upper city of Salvador.

This 17th-century Portuguese fort now houses a nautical museum.

As one of the world's largest hydroelectric dams this plant took two countries to get built.

You have to know where to look in this rather ordinary-looking square to find hints of its past as a dissidents' cemetery.

These small sculptures pay homage to the lovable star of an iconic Argentine comic strip.

The narrowest house in Buenos Aires is less than 10 feet wide.

This beautiful fountain was sculpted by a female artist who was ahead of her time.

Constructed on the ruins of a convent, this tower saved countless lives.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

A quasi-futuristic roof sits atop a medieval Bohemian monastery damaged during World War II.