The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

One Costa Rican island is so beset by illegal shark poachers that the local rangers have built an entire bridge with their confiscated gear .

A Mayan village preserved for centuries in volcanic ash.

Natural saunas fed by volcanic heat.

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

This orchid sanctuary protects countless varieties of the flower, from the huge to the microscopic.

Volcanically heated hot springs.

An enormous, 30-story-deep hole in the middle of Guatemala City.

Giant kites are flown during this Day of the Dead celebration in Guatemala.

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

Named for the DeFoe novel inspired by a stranded sailor, this island is known for its rare plants and extreme beauty.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

This large round boulder is said to emit spiritual power, but it may just be magnets.

This was once the center of the Birdman cult, and is now a World Heritage Site.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

An unrecognized micronation declared by Greenpeace to protect the glaciers of Chile.

In the Middle Ages, villagers would sound this stone trumpet to boost fertility and coax fish to shore.

The world's most remote airport.

The geographical center of Chile is a port so depressing that it has driven men to suicide.

The rusty hull of this 1899 ship serves as a tribute to explorers of the bottom of the world.

An hour south of Punta Arenas (Chile) along the Strait of Magellan, a Kcymaerxthaere plaque tells the story of Culev Larsze, cursed to live without words in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.