The largest caravanserai in Cyprus also includes amazing examples of Ottoman architecture.

Have tea in a cemetery with a dazzling view of Istanbul.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

The 1852 novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lends its name to a subway station, a street, and several shops on the edge of Berlin.

The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

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

This ancient structure appears Roman, but was constructed during the 16th century and was utilized until 1911.

A gleaming white and undulating tower marks the border between Georgia and Turkey.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

A historic trade hub teeming with gorgeous architecture, colorful goods, and vibrant designs.

The cathedral stands in New Jufa, Isfahan's Armenian quarter that was established in 1606.

This 17th-century structure is a beautiful testimony to traditional Persian architecture

17th century mosque for Shah Abbas' harem.

This elevator was built in 1907 to connect two neighborhoods separated by a steep, rocky cliff.

Balanced on four stone pillars, this historic tower was the site of a tragic political assassination.

An underground network of massive stone arches and their skylit vaults support ruins of portico structures above.

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.