Ollantaytambo, Peru
Ollantaytambo Ruins
Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.
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Ollantaytambo, Peru
Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.
Urubamba, Peru
Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.
Cusco, Peru
Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.
Cusco, Peru
The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.
Cusco, Peru
This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.
Lima, Peru
A market for witches is hidden within a train station.
Farnborough, England
A beautiful and tranquil place, home to a community of Benedictine monks and the resting place of Emperor Napoleon III, Empress Eugene and Prince Louis.
Nokhur, Turkmenistan
A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.
Lima, Peru
The elaborate crypt where Peruvian heroes of the War of the Pacific were laid to rest.
Ninacaca, Peru
A colorful Peruvian city of the dead.
Huancavelica Province, Peru
Once the largest source of mercury in the Americas, these ruins earned the name “Mine of Death.”
Fayetteville, West Virginia
An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.
Lansing, West Virginia
In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.
Jersey City, New Jersey
On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.
Brooklyn, New York
A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories
Bellefontaine, Ohio
In this relatively flat state the highest point is an honored place.
Bellefontaine, Ohio
An Ohio man paved the way for the future of American transportation.
Staten Island, New York
The highest natural point in New York City and all of the Atlantic coastal plain.
Staten Island, New York
During the American Revolution, this mansion hosted failed peace talks between the British and Americans.
Staten Island, New York
Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.
Staten Island, New York
This sign marks the start and end of Matt Green's nearly 10,000-mile quest to walk every block of every street in New York City.
Jersey City, New Jersey
A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.
Mount Vernon, Ohio
Constructed from the ruins of a former glass factory, this park incorporates the old with the new.
Delaware, Ohio
A gas station has taken the place of the home of the 19th American President.