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The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

The Jesus tree of Malta bears a striking resemblance to Christ on the cross.

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

This equestrian statue of Constantine the Great has been the subject of criticism for centuries.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

Museum dedicated to overthrowing the Soviets, complete with diorama of Soviets being beaten to death with shovels.

The abandoned palace stands as a wounded but proud beacon of Afghan hope.

200-foot-high minaret and only remnant of Afghanistan's lost city of the Turquoise Mountain.

This monument honors the life of a long-suffering lion whose story captivated the world.

What was once supposed to be the symbol of a shining Afghan future is now a bombed-out ruin.

Rock-cut chamber at top of an outcroup, reached by a mountain stairway of forty steps.

Despite a history of destruction, this former citadel survives to document Afghanistan's oft overlooked history.

Splashes of blue in an otherwise monotonous lunar landscape.

Once an impressive link to Afghanistan’s Buddhist past, now a sad reminder of intolerance towards other cultures.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.

This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.

It's always game time at Stockholm's only museum devoted solely to video games.

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

The first thermometer made with the almost-universal temperature scale is backwards.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.