J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

This Parisian café is dedicated to great tea and the art of knitting.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

A Christian monastery stands on what was once a holy Incan temple.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.

The Incas turned this ancient Wari aqueduct into an imposing defensive gate.

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

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

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

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.