Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

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

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

An Archaeological Wonder of Peru, and the largest stone ruin site in the New World.

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

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