Striking, enormous gold-plated sculpture of Buddha installed in the 19th century.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

Sail on this replica of the first American privateer vessel to make a capture during the War of 1812.

A cheeky name, colorful merchandise, and spooky ghost stories

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

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

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.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.