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The sullen remains of vessels abandoned in the Port Adelaide River.

Inspired by the colossal pyramids at Giza, this 15-foot structure is believed to be the first funerary pyramid in Great Britain.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

Although it appears much older, this castle-like tower is actually a Georgian-era folly.

An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.

This small island, a byproduct of 19th-century canal construction, is now home to a charming Japanese garden.

This standing stone has a unique backdrop thanks to some of the United Kingdom's best-rated beaches.

This eclectic sculpture garden in Brooklyn, home to a bizarre collection of art, was once a run-down junkyard.

Today this former Nazi concentration camp stands as a poignant memorial to the victims of fascism, and a warning from history.

This mansion oasis contains gardens, sculptures, and fountains just off the busy Plaça Kennedy in Sant Gervasi.

This Neolithic-era complex boasts standing stones, a cairn, and the only henge in Western Scotland.

It's said this was once the home of King James V's pet lion.

Europe's only Temple of Mithras located in a natural cave.

Jesus turns into vines inside this chapel.

A moving and macabre World War I-era painting by the great artist Otto Dix.

You have to know where to look in this rather ordinary-looking square to find hints of its past as a dissidents' cemetery.

An eighth-century rock-cut cave temple in the middle of Pune.

This collection of Neolithic monuments make up one of The U.K.'s richest archeological landscapes.

A private home envelops the ruins of this 13th-century priory.

For millennia, explorers were obsessed with discovering the source of the Nile—is this small mountain stream really the answer?

This uniquely shaped rock formation is one of Scotland's most iconic mountains and gives spectacular views in all directions.

One of a series of sculptures making a statement about sea-level rise in the United Kingdom.

An Orthodox church inside a small "Garden of Eden" built by a man who had a vision.

The seat of the lost Ryukyu Kingdom has survived numerous fires and wars over the centuries.