These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.

Opened in 1947, this is the oldest continuously-operating drive-in theater in New York.

A deep toxic lake fills this abandoned open-pit copper mine, now a Superfund site.

This Gold Rush ghost town was once the subject of a territorial dispute between California and Nevada.

The ruins of a military outpost from the 1860s form the centerpiece of a Nevada state park.

Every summer, the Mendenhall River greenbelt comes alive with an explosion of magenta flowers.

The final resting place of a free Black soldier who played a pivotal role in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Underneath the historic center of Mexico City, the remains of a temple dedicated to the Aztec god of the wind.

The childhood home of the legendary blues guitarist and singer.

Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.

His discovery kicked off the Gold Rush. One of the hands on this commemorative statue points to the spot where he found the precious metal.

Now in ruins, this abbey was the home of Tironensian monks for more than 400 years.

A stately castle in the northern Italian countryside has been restored after years of neglect.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

A renovated hotel is bringing new life to a nearly-abandoned mining town in Colorado.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

This small museum tucked within a subway station holds pieces from Madrid's past.

Among the oldest structures in Madrid, these Moorish walls once guarded the medieval city of Mayrit.

The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.

The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.