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Art school in the Amazon: Drugs, nature and sustainable agriculture.

Hub for hallucinogenic Amazon religion.

This high-Andean reserve protects the graceful vicuña that was nearly hunted to extinction for its precious wool.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

These nearly 500-year-old scenes are largely faded by the ravages of time, yet still maintain their power to horrify.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.

An abandoned logging settlement nestled in the woods near a popular ski town.

A 12,000-year-old bog boasting rare plants and fauna.

An outdoor installation of 20 vintage signs that once hung in front of businesses throughout town.

There is a small island in the Gulf of Nicoya where the only human inhabitants are dead.

Hundreds of intricately carved Armenian stone crosses can be found within this huge cemetery.

This enigmatic stone pool is all that remains of an ancient palace.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

After visiting hours, this picturesque waterfall is essentially turned "off" to be used for hydroelectric power.

This ancient trail has claimed the lives of over 2,000 people.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.