The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.