A beautifully rebuilt windmill from the 17th century, situated along the Amstel River.

Where George Lemaître discovered the expanding nature of the universe.

This unassuming stone bollard is a centuries-old marker denoting the center of the city.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

Windswept juniper trees resemble surrealistic artwork, however, this juniper is actually a work of art.

An open-air museum showing how people on El Hierro lived from the time of the first settlers until the late 20th century.

Teeny tiny hotel on the coast of the Canary Islands.

What many consider the original prime meridian and westernmost point of the old world.

This Canary island is a quintessential example of nature’s beauty, and its unbridled fury.

This memorial to local World War II heroes is slowly being reclaimed by nature.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

A beautiful mountaintop mausoleum devoted to a Montenegrin icon can't seem to make everyone happy.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

An eerie collection of the surviving structures from a past celebration of the future.

Spain's largest bullring offers a unique glimpse at architecture and history.

The world's largest wooden structure.

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.