Places ProstheticShrew Wants to Go

A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

The ancient village known as Set Maat, or the 'Place of Truth,' located on this site served as a hub for intellectual and artistic endeavors.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.