These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

This is why we can't have nice things on the Incan Trail.

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

It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

A Christian monastery stands on what was once a holy Incan temple.

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

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

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

This crumbling industrial fortress has attracted daredevils, filmmakers, and historians.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, VT.

A pair of black granite tails dive into a sea of grass in landlocked Vermont.

This site commemorates the birthplace of the game of basketball, invented by James Naismith in the winter of 1891.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.