This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

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

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

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

An ancient city hidden in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Rare and classic books by Black authors are the focus at this independent bookstore in a historic Atlanta neighborhood.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

A man's home is his castle.

One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.

An interactive back-alley mural project remembers the golden age of Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

The legacies of two historic Black American institutions live on in this unassuming brick building.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

This beautiful, all-in-one museum, private residence, and bed and breakfast houses a rich collection of African art.

It’s all about the Benjamins at this Atlanta museum with interactive exhibits.