Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

The oldest Hindu temple complex in Nepal serves as the seat of Nepal’s national deity, Lord Pashupatinath.

This elegant neoclassical garden is a peaceful oasis in the middle of the Nepalese capital.

A brick building in Kathmandu's Durbar Square is home to Nepal's most prominent living goddess.

The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

Oldest Protestant church in the Middle East, designed to resemble a synagogue.

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.

Remnants of successive wars and Muslim colonialism in the 11th century.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

This ancient abandoned church in a remote part of Turkey is in danger of falling over.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.