The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.

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.

A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

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

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

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

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

Mysterious wreckage of a small plane has been lodged in this tree since at least 1971.

An 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of "explorabilia".

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

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

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.