The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

A carved grave marker from the 2nd century is mounted in the alcove wall of this Bavarian church.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

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

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.

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

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