A life-sized imperial army, buried in battle formation, has stood underground for over 2,000 years—built not for war, but for eternity.

Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

A statue dedicated to football's first African superstar and Portugal's greatest ever player

This Bogotá museum houses the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold relics.

The facade of this 16th-century building is decorated with carvings of 300 seashells.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

This Byzantine Church was moved from Paris to Athens block by block.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

The home of Greece’s national poet sits crumbling in the middle of a popular tourist district.

An islet filled with wooden houses where the open sea meets a lagoon.

The Lobotesis family has been baking some of the best savory pies in Athens since 1910.

This abandoned shopping arcade has new life as an art installation.

A pre-war mansion that survived the modernization of Athens.

This building displays the scars of the “Dekemvriana,” a dark time in modern Greek history.

For decades, Puerta del Sol has been illuminated by a giant, guitar-wielding bottle of sherry.

These 400-year-old ruins are all that's left of the monastery where Ines de Castro was assassinated by the King of Portugal.

A bronze sculpture on a bridge, of the shoes of 29 famous Malmöites.

This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.

This millstone commemorates a gruesome tale that may have been the source of the city's name.

This bronze marker acknowledges an embarrassing royal blunder.

The marker that allows students all over the world to be late for class.

A living descendant of the famous tree that helped Isaac Newton develop the theory of gravity.

The Lund University's former gym houses a museum focusing on the creative process of art.