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Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

This elegant monument to those who fought against fascism is inspired by the shape of the poppy flower.

Depending on the region's rainfall, this church may be partially submerged.

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.

An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

Stone pillars and a petrified wedding party in the hills of North Macedonia.

This 3,800-year-old site contains markers used to study the movement of the sun and moon and create a lunar calendar.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

One of the two original gateways into the Kasbah, this gateway is a nesting site for storks.

This sanctuary is home to donkeys who finally get to rest after a life of toil.

The former home of Dutch anthropologist Bert Flint now houses a collection of Berber art and artifacts.

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

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

This amazing oasis of art and plants is hidden on the outskirts of Marrakesh.

The largest salt lake in the Sahara is mysteriously alluring.