Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.

The evolution of a simple creek cutting its way through an ochre mountain side.

A tiny town's spinning, whirling propeller collection holds Australia's largest windmill.

A chunk of Skylab debris adorns this small museum at a roadside motel in Western Australia.

This is a full-scale replica of a complete Stonehenge made from locally quarried Esperance granite.

A unique memorial to the bunnies who died because of Australia's historic Rabbit Proof Fence.

Drink and learn at this striking ode to coffee culture and history.

An unfinished Serbian Orthodox church with 1,389 golden crosses planned to represent the Battle of Kosovo.

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.

A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.

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

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

A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

This once-grandiose behemoth of a monument from the socialist era now sits quiet and closed up.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.