Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

The former headquarters of history's oldest megacorporation.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

An ancient underground cultic temple where sunlight penetrates on the summer solstice.

These mosaics were created more than half a millennium ago and feature various animals.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

A highly-criticized monument in Budapest has become the site of a makeshift Holocaust memorial.

This easily overlooked memorial immortalizes the scars from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

A 1000-year-old shrine in Kyoto with a poorly planned sacred arch.

An LED art installation composed of 600 poles wrapped in kimono fabric.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.