This 20th-century mansion plays a key role in one of Puerto Rico's greatest novels.

The ruins of a former sanctuary for elite Aztec warriors.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

This wild explosion of color on a disused water tower tells the whimsical tale of a curious puffin.

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.

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

A rocky face gazes out over an enormous volcanic crater.

This campus museum commemorates a national tragedy.

This ancient structure was built by a mysterious civilization that was largely destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

A patchwork of ruins from various civilizations in one of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities.

This hilltop ruin is of the hundreds of stone columns built in tribute to the first German chancellor.

Whimsical sculptures and caves chiseled by nature over the millennia.

These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.

The house of a former Argentinian president stands protected within a large glass case.

One of Yemen’s oldest and most beautiful mosques was named for the incredible, historical queen buried inside it.

The world’s largest underwater sculpture is found just off the coast of Nassau.

An exquisite example of Uyghur Islamic architecture.