The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

A memorial to the man who brought Western medicine to Japan.

A faithful reconstruction of what was once the only window into Japan.

This ornate example of 19th-century Chinese architecture is one of only a handful of Confucius shrines in Japan.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

One of the world's largest collections of medieval religious art.

Catch a scenic view of Warsaw's Old Town from the top of a centuries-old dumping ground.

The last king of Poland was interred in this church nearly 200 years after his death.

These plaques found across Warsaw commemorate the sites where executions or battles took place during the German occupation.

A massive mammoth bone has been on display inside this church since the 18th century.

A tree planted by Marie Curie is treasured by the Radium institute that she set up.

A moai decorated with the depiction of a European ship.

This large round boulder is said to emit spiritual power, but it may just be magnets.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

This was once the center of the Birdman cult, and is now a World Heritage Site.

A volcanic crater that visitors can look inside.

The world's most remote airport.

A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

This museum covers 10,000 years of Pre-Columbian Latin American history.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.

How a lunch counter in Chile became a shrine to the 42nd president of the United States

Early Medieval stones sit on display at the beautiful Govan Old Church in Glasgow.

This emblematic representation is said to bring the students good fortune.