This ancient amphitheater was restored in the early 1990s.

This sculpture in Valencia features 22,000 tiny, obsidian blue figures that pay homage to the Lady of Elche.

Walk into an underground archeological dig, the site of the Roman Forum that was once the center of Valencia.

A curious fountain that resembles a beloved character from the 1960s.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

One of the oldest theaters in Australia, it's also said to be haunted by a performer who died on stage.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.

Constructed on the ruins of a convent, this tower saved countless lives.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds. 

This vestige of Seychelles’s colonial past now resides in a busy intersection and didn’t chime for its first 96 years.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

With a facade that measures just 107 centimeters, this five-story building is one of the skinniest in Europe.

Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.

This Indonesian village was revitalized by a vibrant rainbow paint job.

Subterranean place of worship in Indonesia.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.