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This avian-shaped stone that once held the hearts of Aztec human sacrifices now lies at the feet of Christ inside a Catholic church.

French sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier transformed the site of a 19th-century massacre into a haunting memorial.

This small hill features the most notable collection of petroglyphs in Saguaro National Park.

This century-old pharmacy is home to several striking mosaics depicting Catholic saints.

Every summer, women from this small Faroese island cover this specific stone with knitted graffiti.

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.

Thermal springs at the bottom of this lake create beautiful blue circles of clay.

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is home to one of Polynesia’s largest petroglyph fields.

A Brutalist monument and "sculpture that contains many sculptures."

This bakery forgoes industrial wheat in favor of locally harvested grains.

These ancient ruins include a stadium dating back to 400 BC.

Founded in 1954 by a husband-and-wife duo, this ceramics studio carries on a powerful artistic legacy.

In this state repository of folk art, perhaps no piece is more representative than this brutal work featuring the town’s distinctive black clay pottery.

Serve yourself from the heaping carts piled with bamboo steamers at what may be Hong Kong’s oldest dim sum parlor.

A Berkeley sidewalk etched with 128 cast-iron poems.

An unassuming museum offers a deep dive into everything about mushrooms, from cultivation innovations to fungi that "talk."

Canada’s longest cave system is home to creatures found nowhere else on the planet, as well as rare cave pearls.

These neon green and blue lakes are in the shadow of two huge volcanoes.

Amphibious mascots display a quirkier side to this luxury hotel's rich history.

These terracotta heads are among the oldest Iron Age objects found south of the equator.

An iconic red telephone box turned tiny art gallery.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.