This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

Experiencing Guatemala's sensory-exploding church is a blunt reminder of European influence.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

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.

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

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

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

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant