These sailing ship-shaped chandeliers are believed to have been a gift inspired by faith.

These picturesque structures speckle the hill above the monastery.

This former ghost town high in the mountains of northern Mexico is now a pilgrimage site.

A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

It would take you approximately an hour and a half to walk to the end of Mexico's largest pier.

A miniature beach in the middle of the desert.

A spectrum of colors awaits visitors to one of Mexico's most gorgeous bodies of water.

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

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

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

This atmospheric ruins are truly a sight to behold.

Palace, temple, and pyramid ruins mark the ancient Mesoamerican capital of Totonacapan.

The largest collection of artifacts from the Olmec civilization, the mother culture of Mesoamerica.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

Established hundreds of years ago, Gandan remains the premier Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar.

There are millions of temples in India, but only one prominent temple dedicated to the Hindu creator god.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.

The abandoned site of the Beatles spiritual awakening and subsequent revolt.

A prehistoric rock shelter that's literally in someone's backyard.

This massive home was constructed by one of the greatest conservationists in Colorado history.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.