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Hydraulic systems in an ancient underground Iranian city.

This beautiful system of tunnels built into natural rock serves as a centuries old plumbing system.

A 1,500-year-old, 3-story subterranean city where ancient Persians took refuge in times of war.

A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

On a small island in the Caribbean, a statue of Napoleon's first wife has been beheaded and covered in red paint.

Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.

The final resting place of Christopher Columbus - or possibly someone else.

The first hospital in the New World.

Hundreds of pieces of ancient Taíno art cover the walls of this Caribbean cave system.

Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.

The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.

A tomb in this cemetery holds soil from every country in Latin America.

A cemetery full of exquisite statuary, including a monument to a woman some say died of a broken heart.

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.

Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.

A Barbados crypt where it's said that the coffins refuse to stay put.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

The bodies of some early polar pioneers are still buried beneath the harsh snows of the Antarctic.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

A burial ground for workers at one of Hawai'i's largest sugarcane producers that laid buried for decades.

A unique collection of Western and Japanese-style graves.