This sprawling stone mosaic on Berlin’s Museum Island transforms archaeological finds and local legends into a walkable work of art.

Ever-changing museum dedicated to graffiti and contemporary street art.

A Manhattan tombstone honors a popular 19th-century heroine, now long forgotten.

St. Peter’s, in Western Germany, has stood as a masterpiece of Romanesque architecture since 1181.

The devil-defying mark left by a saint as a boy is visible inside Lisbon's cathedral.

Cages that once displayed the bodies of executed leaders hang from a German church tower.

One of Mexico City's seats of the Catholic faith, although not the majoritarian Latin Roman rite.

Hilltop monument to the victory of a new nation in the Franco-Prussian War.

An 18-panel Soviet mosaic showcasing the scientific advances made under socialism.

One of the last remaining railway viaducts equipped with a transporter ferry.

A pillar is all that remains of a church built to honor a peculiar miracle.

Royal burial place of the kings of ancient Britain.

A neo-gothic statue modeled on German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II, which had its distinctive mustache shaved off by Nazis in World War II.

The world's first funicular powered by a steam engine.

According to local legend, the devil shattered this column after losing a bet.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

The Dublin sea wall draws walkers, photographers, and fishing enthusiasts.

This 16th-century missionary site features Catholic murals, stone carvings, and fortress-like architecture.

An Ottoman-era mosque looking over the Black Sea.

A wooden rollercoaster that still delivers a thrill.

These gardens whisk you away to Japan and Morocco—without leaving Bordeaux.

Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London’s cholera epidemic, this 1800s pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”

A tiny island off the coast of Dublin was once a pilgrimage site for the sick and the suffering.

Where two rivers meet—but don’t mix.