Named after the Goddess of Harvests, Annapurna is the deadliest member of the Eight-thousanders club.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

A towering work of stone and philosophy that was constructed using ancient Hindu science.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.

A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.

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

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

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

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

Prehistoric history as seen through the lens of an outsider artist.

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

Right angles in the forests of Panama.

This Peruvian bone silo lined with hanging human skeletons and hundreds of skulls is topped with a remarkable Michelangelo replica.

This space-age looking obelisk rises over a city in the rainforest, meant to resemble the local castaña tree.

Hundreds of mummies in a silent room, some with eerily pained expressions preserved on their faces.

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.