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

This column celebrates Rome's victory over the Goths, and may be the oldest Roman monument in Istanbul.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.

A memorial commemorating the man whose name became synonymous with taking a picture in the Netherlands.

This 17th-century house has a long and colorful history.

Devious political maneuvering and four ancient, working telescopes are central to the world's second-oldest observatory.

A celebrated bandstand at the center of what was once the worst slum in London.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.

A nomadic museum known for its art exhibitions about religion and faith.

The world’s first interactive human body museum also serves as a chair for a giant orange man.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

Prowl through this sprawling bazaar under a massive Soviet-era dome for delicious eats.

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

The mysterious large white cross visible from the runway is a memorial to a massacre during Spanish Civil War.

Along the pavement of this neighborhood in Madrid are quotes from famous authors.