This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

Siberian whale bones stand as cairns marking location of an ancient butcher yard.

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

Mysterious and ancient carved standing stones.

This giant power line tower is a robot that can express its moods in neon.

Xul Solar was an artist of alternate worlds, inventor of languages, and dreamer of utopias.

This giant mural of Santa Muerte in downtown São Paulo reminds passersby of their own mortality.

A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.

This majestic building, where Brazil's coffee brokers once bought and sold beans, now houses a coffee museum.

Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

Shop the world's largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarre.

In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.

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

The Acropolis of this little-visited Mayan archaeological site offers great views of Chiapas’s Lake District.