More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

Lava stone structures possibly dating back to the 19th century may have been a stopping point for voyagers between ancient Egypt and the Mayan Civilization.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

Poland's oldest salt mine has nearly everything one needs to live underground forever.

An underground city of salt.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

Luxurious devotion and 500,000 images of Buddha in Myanmar.

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

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

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

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

A seemingly simple canyon that was the backdrop to a number of famous movies.

The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.