A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

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

On a cornerstone of the City Museum is the head of a monstrous serpent stolen from an Aztec pyramid 400 years ago.

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

The ruins of an abandoned church mingle with the graves at Oaxaca’s General Cemetery.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

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.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

The unusual sculptures are believed to be powerful political symbols.

A small memorial to a deadly night in Serbia that shook the world before it was swept under the rug.

Sealing couples' love since just after World War I.

Ride in 1960s style on the private luxury train Marshal Josip Tito used to travel around Yugoslavia.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

A Red Cross memorial museum at the site of the Niš concentration camp that operated for four eventful years during World War II.

This memorial park stands on the site of one of the largest mass executions of the Second World War.

A Serbian church lit by chandeliers made of weapons.

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.