This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

This fine-dining restaurant features native New Zealand ingredients and Māori cooking.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

This museum houses two of Mexico's most impressive Aztec monoliths.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

The pop art icon's gravesite is broadcast 24 hours a day on his museum's website.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

The final resting place for the famed creator and narrator of "The Twilight Zone."

An indigenous ethnobotanist runs this brunch spot celebrating Australia’s native flavors.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.