An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

Bloodstains can still be seen in this medieval church where two medics saved lives on D-Day.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Once a path for Jewish funeral processions, this unassuming alleyway is rich in local lore.

Inside this Jewish cemetery is a memorial to soldiers who deserted the German army and were executed.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

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

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

A stunning mosque owes its design to an Ottoman ruler nicknamed "the Butcher."

This full-sized orange tree lives suspended in mid-air above the streets of Jaffa.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

Red, white, and blue painted steps along with a Union Jack celebrate the outcome of Gibraltar's 1967 referendum.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

Morocco's largest Jewish cemetery.

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.