Controversial site of what could be Europe's first pyramid.

This architecturally eclectic early-20th century mosque was built as a place of worship for the Islamic followers of a Jewish messiah.

A Franco-era dam flooded (almost) everyone out of this centuries-old Aragonese town.

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

An Archaeological Wonder of Peru, and the largest stone ruin site in the New World.

This striking landscape in northern Vietnam contains both geological and archaeological wonders.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

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

Archaeological site of Iberian people ruins.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

The remains of an entire Roman city can be explored in this interactive museum.

Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.

This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.

Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

Whether they are bulls or pigs, these ancient animal sculptures are fascinating relics.

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.

An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.

A town saturated in Italian rationalist architecture was once marshland drained by Mussolini.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.