Astronomical observatory above Lake Titicaca.

A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

A pretty park of over 1,600 olive trees that grew from just three saplings brought over from Spain.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

British Empire's last territorial expansion, claimed by four countries.

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

This enormous storm barrier is one of the largest moving structures on Earth, with each arm taller than the Washington Monument.

Wind power station for making famous Ketel One vodka.

The oldest statue in the Netherlands has survived relocation, bombardment, and burial.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

The oldest skyscraper of Europe now stands dwarfed by the surrounding structures.

Old ships and machinery fill a historic harbor in the city that's home to Europe's largest port.

A condensed piece of China floating in a Dutch harbor.

A bridge that has seen many reiterations over its lifetime.

This hotel was once home to a steamliner company and became the final rest stop for Europeans heading to the New World.

The Netherlands' first car tunnel has an unusually rectangular shape.

The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.