Lucca, Italy
Piazza dell'Anfiteatro
This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.
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Lucca, Italy
Torre Guinigi (Guinigi Tower)
Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.
Belpasso, Italy
Mount Etna
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
Vysoký Újezd, Czechia
Velka Amerika
This former quarry is now a picturesque gorge that hides a sunken lake.
Prague, Czechia
St. Valentine’s Shoulder Blade
A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.
Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czechia
The State Chateau of Hluboká
Heralded as one of the prettiest castles in all of Czechia.
Prague, Czechia
'Babies'
Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.
Prague, Czechia
Palladium Shopping Mall
Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.
Mexico
Calakmul
A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.
Palenque, Mexico
Palenque
An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Polé (Xcaret Archaeological Site)
One of Mexico's least-visited archaeological sites is tucked away inside a theme park.
Progreso, Mexico
Puerto de Altura (Progreso Pier)
It would take you approximately an hour and a half to walk to the end of Mexico's largest pier.
Cozumel, Mexico
San Gervasio
The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.
Mérida, Mexico
Los Rincones de Mérida
Iconic red and white plaques show the creative names invented to navigate the city streets.
Xcalacoop, Mexico
Cenote Ik-Kil
A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Chichen Itza Chirp
Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Pyramid of Kukulcan at Chich'en Itza
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
El Caracol
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Izamal, Mexico
Convento de San Antonio de Padua (Convent of Saint Anthony of Padua)
Its sunny hues are believed to have inspired the town's color palette.
Prague, Czechia
'Trifot'
An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.
Parker, Arizona
Parker Dam
This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Mesa Verde National Park
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Dolores, Colorado
Canyons of the Ancients
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Moab, Utah
Landscape Arch
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
