One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

An island graveyard with spectacular views of the Caribbean.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

These enigmatic columns tower over the ruins of an ancient Toltec city.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

The ruins of an ancient Mayan city, beautifully preserved and only accessible by boat.

Three small rooms in the jungle house the most elaborate and intact murals of the Mayan world.

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

An abandoned settlement originally established by British colonialists in the Andaman archipelago.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

The largest tea plantation in Southeast Asia supplies gorgeous vistas alongside tea for the surrounding countries.

Malaysian fireflies create a dazzling display as thousands light up in unison.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

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

Its sunny hues are believed to have inspired the town's color palette.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

Of course Salvador Dalí lived in a castle...