A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

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

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

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

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

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.