Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

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

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

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

The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.

A stone face watches over the river.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

Cave carved out of a huge snow drift collapsed killing one and injuring five in July 2015.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

This sci-fi gazebo located in a Washington power town is made from old bits of industrial electrical equipment.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.