With a design inspired by traditional Latvian textiles, this monument honors the Latvian people who suffered under Soviet occupation.

The local club's soccer field is practically surrounded by UNESCO-protected monuments.

This 16th-century cemetery became a recreational park during the Soviet occupation—today it's a little bit of both.

Browse through a century of this principality's first popular export.

Also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, this is one of the world's largest and oldest mosques.

Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

After witnessing the rise and fall of three empires, this ancient city was finally destroyed by a series of earthquakes.

A museum dedicated to telling lies in service of the truth.

A statue built to honor the elite soldiers who fought for Latvia during World War I.

The secular incarnation of a religious meditation.

This building was once the most magnificent mansion in Nafplio.

Public water fountains built during the Ottoman Era still stand throughout this seaside town.

This 18th-century former mosque held the first Hellenic Parliament.

A staircase made of gravestones leads up to this church built into a giant rock.

This slumbering beast honors the Bavarian soldiers who died in Greece during a 19th-century typhoid outbreak.

Often mistaken as a medieval Gothic monument, this unique cornerstone only dates back to the 1980s.

A tiny chapel and burial site lurk underground in Jajce.

Modernist design and funerary customs meet Spartan traditions in this one-of-a-kind graveyard.

The Greek War of Independence was declared at this medieval Byzantine sanctuary.

A magical, if a bit tacky, 1960s castle conjures up medieval fairytales and Greek mythology.

Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

The historic tower houses of this nearly abandoned Greek town have been compared to the spikes on an iguana's back.

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.