No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world