Sevastopol, Ukraine
The 'Valley of Death'
This vineyard was the site of the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade.
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Sevastopol, Ukraine
This vineyard was the site of the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade.
Shiraz, Iran
Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.
Kyiv, Ukraine
The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.
Georgia
Legend says these stone structures are where the doomed citizens of a vanished village sent themselves to die.
Kabul, Afghanistan
This monument honors the life of a long-suffering lion whose story captivated the world.
Kabul, Afghanistan
A sobering museum dedicated to landmines and the personnel working to remove them from Afghanistan.
Stepanakert, Azerbaijan
This striking icon of the disputed Republic of Artsakh caused a stir at a Eurovision Song Contest.
Chisinau, Moldova
This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.
Jeffersonville, Indiana
This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.
Al-Shikhan, Iraq
The sacred shrine of the Yazidis.
Georgia
A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.
Erbil, Iraq
An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.
Al Matammah, Sudan
A remote monument to one of the fiercest battles fought by the Victorian British Army.
Omdurman, Sudan
Every Friday, Sufi dervishes whirl around the tomb in a trance-like state as part of a sacred ritual called dhikr.
Pyongyang, North Korea
Captured in 1968, the Cold War spy ship is the only U.S. Navy vessel being held by a foreign government.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
A powerful tribute to the victims who suffered under Ethiopia's most devastating regime.
Yermolaivka, Ukraine
Last remaining nuclear missile base in Ukraine.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.
Friedrichshafen, Germany
Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.
Inisheer, Ireland
A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.
Brest, Belarus
A small museum in this border city displays the contraband art that has been stolen back from smugglers.
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
A bloody history is captured in this former prison turned museum.