Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

In the hometown of the Catholic saint and Nobel Peace Prize winner, a memorial dedicated to her legacy.

This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.

These abundant, over-the-top monuments are so widely scattered that they define the entire compact capital cityscape, often leading to jokes about whether there are more statues than residents.

This massive monument was unveiled the day Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.

A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.

Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

How did an Australian statue of the Bard of Avon end up in the Hungarian capital?

This feat of Brutalist architecture is also known as the Three Sisters.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

This fortress-like monastery is covered with intricate frescoes.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

Once the tallest building in Chisinau, this unique tower is a relic of Soviet architecture.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

The deepest metro station in the world.