A Caribbean chef recreates his enslaved great-great-grandmother's dishes inside the home she purchased after buying her freedom.

This Michelin-starred restaurant sheds light on a rare period of cultural and culinary tolerance in Cordoba’s past.

The way that light hits a stained glass window on a specific day is one of many "clues" to a mysterious treasure.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Overlooking the harbor is a beautiful neglected mansion guarded by two Egyptian sphinxes.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

At the foot of an active volcano sits a church miraculously spared by its lava.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.

The ruins of a former sanctuary for elite Aztec warriors.

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

Visit Lima’s one-stop-shop for sustainably sourced and produced Peruvian chocolate.

A pretty park of over 1,600 olive trees that grew from just three saplings brought over from Spain.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

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

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.