These lights mark the area of Rotterdam that was bombed and burned in 1940.

A condensed piece of China floating in a Dutch harbor.

This hotel was once home to a steamliner company and became the final rest stop for Europeans heading to the New World.

This statue pays tribute to the iconic musician in the place where he recorded his final studio album.

The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

This beautiful, all-in-one museum, private residence, and bed and breakfast houses a rich collection of African art.

This urban park is home to monkeys and a number of endangered plants.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

A network of ancient Egyptian tombs built into the cliff face along the Nile.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

An ancient church on a tiny island covered in stone bible stories has controversially been turned into a museum.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

This artistic fountain display pays homage to this area's theatrical history.

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.

The gravestone of a famous poet features a fittingly poetic epitaph chosen by the writer himself.

Inside this metro station is a section of the city's former medieval fortification.

A monument to the more than one million enslaved Africans deported from the port of Ouidah.

An art installation memorializing a tram stop, which became a tram stop.

A memorial to the thousands of Turkmen soldiers and civilians who died in a bloody 1881 battle.

Wander among the ghostly ruins of an island where civilization flourished for thousands of years.

This colorfully-painted tunnel links two distinct parts of a historic neighborhood.

A giant yellow phallus sculpture hidden in the gardens of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.