What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

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

Former headquarters of the KGB.