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The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.

Ancient images hide within the park's caves.

The enormous smoke hides within a little known, semi-secret exhibit inside Havana’s Morro Castle Historic Park.

This local emblem is the oldest and largest dragon tree in the Canary Islands.

Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.

This Anglo-Saxon church is over 1300 years old and was constructed with stone robbed from a Roman fort.

Stockholm's last remaining paternoster elevator.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

A network of ancient Egyptian tombs built into the cliff face along the Nile.

These underground shelters dug by the Japanese during World War II later helped Timor-Leste achieve its independence.

This former royal palace with gorgeous gardens became the first museum in Morocco.

This 16th-century Moroccan fortress-turned-armory museum offers prime views of the historic quarter in Fes.

The world’s largest underwater sculpture is found just off the coast of Nassau.

A haunting place that is now home to thousands of birds.

A surprisingly large and sturdy ruin on the outskirts of a remote village.

An overgrown and largely forgotten cemetery lies hidden within the outskirts of Amsterdam.

The house where Charles Darwin's grandfather formed many of his influential ideas and inventions.

From Nazi chemicals to the CIA, this architectural marvel has played a fascinating role in German history.

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

A secret passageway from World War II is now a quirky pedestrian shortcut.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

This mix of Islamic art, vintage vehicles, weaponry, architecture, and history is an ode to eclecticism. 

These sacred totem houses connect the Fatakulu people with the spirits of their ancestors.