Originally brought to Texas by Czech settlers, these sweet and savory pastries are an essential local breakfast staple.

Every Saturday morning, this microbakery fills up with freshly baked pastries and sourdough breads.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

A statue of Vladimir Illyich Lenin guards this abandoned building in the "Forbidden City."

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

This modern theatre is housed inside a convent constructed more than 300 years ago.

This century-old independent movie theater with an iconic Art Deco neon sign survived a devastating fire in 2016.

This historic silent film-era theater is now a community playhouse with a chilling visitor.

A 200-year-old live oak on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain.

The 650 red and white Japanese plum trees of this Tokyo neighborhood blossom each spring.

The patches of trees pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.

One of Europe's oldest yew trees has lived more than 2,000 years.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.

This small sculpture honors a shuttered bookshop that was the site of a fiery act of protest.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

The religious shrine that Pablo Escobar's men would allegedly visit before completing a mission.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.