This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

This ethereal, rainforest-like gorge is home to waterfalls, quaint bridges, and fairy folk.

This seaside Scottish holiday rental lets you live out your bookselling dreams.

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini fell in love with this lonely 13th-century tower while making his most famous film.

A fascinating assortment of cave dwellings, medieval ruins, and sarcophagi are being devoured by the forest.

This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

The remnants of an archaeological camp stand within Tikal National Park.

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

Ever-growing collection of devils in art.

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion.

Centuries of human activity have forged an eerie landscape of ruins and craters on an exposed and windswept hilltop.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.