The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

Morocco's largest Jewish cemetery.

Crumbling necropolis set high above Fez.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

The other side is actually green.

The world's largest wooden structure.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

A 16th-century Andalusian palace.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

World's largest Christmas store.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.