This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

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

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

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

Explore the atmospheric ruins of an abandoned convent in the dense forests of Mexico's first national park.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

Where a Japanese government official issued transit visas to Jews fleeing from Nazi-occupied Poland.

A beautiful example of 18th-century engineering still standing tall.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

A dreamlike medieval church dug into the tuff rock, with unusual carvings and possible traces of the Templar knights.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

The roof of this ancient mausoleum is made from a single Istrian stone weighing a massive 230 tons.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.