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An archaeological museum at the Aztec pyramid displays signs of the New Fire ritual performed every 52 years.

This partially reconstructed Aztec pyramid gives a glimpse of what its larger counterparts would have looked like.

A pre-Hispanic pyramid in the middle of a tourist district in the Canary Islands.

These old towers extract salt from the sea.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

A lavish 16th-century mansion filled with spectacular staircases, fantastic frescoes, and gorgeous gardens.

This ruined fortress was the stronghold for a persecuted medieval leader and his infamous Assassins.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

A seaside castle complex that stood through centuries of conquests.

This sacred, circular cave is lined with pools so clear and still that it's hard to tell where the water begins.

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.

Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."

A scenic canyon with thick forests and historic ruins.

Unlike many reclaimed, abandoned mines, this Canadian cave system is still just a dangerous maze.

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

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.