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Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

America’s oldest community theater, this Boston club has been in operation since 1877.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

Right angles in the forests of Panama.

Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.

A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.

Three small rooms in the jungle house the most elaborate and intact murals of the Mayan world.

The ruins of an ancient Mayan city, beautifully preserved and only accessible by boat.

This incredibly diverse research station is one of the largest tropical botanical gardens in the world.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

These Honduran caves earned their magical nickname thanks to reflective bone deposits.