A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.

The largest masonic lodge in Cuba.

One of Mexico's youngest major cities still holds on to this structure representing its short modern history.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

An old slave lookout in Cuba's historic sugar cane fields.

This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.

A small museum in the Bay of Pigs gives the Cuban perspective on the famously failed U.S. invasion.

A bronze sculpture of Lenin’s likeness outside Havana surrounded by 12 human figures in solidarity with the Bolshevik Revolution.

A colossal statue with a controversial past, forgotten for more than 30 years.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

Standing in this historic plaza is a statue representing one of Cuba's most iconic literary characters.

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

This statue is dedicated to the animal cosmonauts that perished during space flight experiments.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.

This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.