Colonialism

Scattered ruins and a tiny cemetery are all that remain of a failed attempt to colonize the inhospitable Desolate Islands.

A remnant of Korea's colonial past lies forgotten in a hip neighborhood in Seoul.

The entire town looks like a slice of Spain that was carted across the ocean and plunked in the Andes.

Peaceful gardens hide an underground torture museum.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

One of the largest collections of traditional Māori artifacts in New Zealand.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

The cemetery was built for the Spanish colonial elite, but its most famous residents were all buried in unmarked graves.

This colorful colonial neighborhood in Panjim is one of the only Latin Quarters in Asia.

A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.

This gorgeous, colorful 18th-century church is part of one of Bolivia's few surviving Jesuit missions.

The mysterious empty cupola behind the monumental arch points to an ancient prophecy of Delhi.

A Tudor-style castle in Brazil holds one of the world's largest armory collections.