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This protected 19th-century façade once housed Mármoles Molina, a company specializing in funerary monuments.

It is an old prison, lighthouse, and castle once used to guard the port in Havana, Cuba

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

When the water level in the Danube in central Budapest is low enough, there is a secret site telling the history of one of the most iconic bridges of the city.

More than 5,000 years old, D27 is the largest dolmen in the Netherlands and was already standing long before Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids were built.

The San Marino-Rimini railroad was short-lived but this tunnel once provided shelter for hundreds of refugees during World War II.

High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.

The oldest sanctuary in the Sammarinese Republic.

This sculpture may be the only known depiction of a man who helped finance the American Revolution and inadvertently created the dollar sign.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

William Shakespeare and other famous historical personalities watch over a square in the heart of Mumbai.

It is the oldest complete surviving flag in the United States, predating the American Revolution, and may have been taken to the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

An oversized concrete replica of a classic Swedish vinegar bottle marks the town where the brand began.

This funerary monument to the guillotined king and queen of France became a political lightning rod and a site of pilgrimage for French monarchists.

This well-preserved Ottoman-era Cairene mansion hosts a facinating archive of Egyptian architecure, from the pharaohs and sultans to the modern day.

A somber place of memory and reflection, that tells the story of Riga's Jewish community before and during World War II.

Stalin's march toward a more modern USSR flooded a monastery, leaving a unique and extravagant nautical marker, "The Flooded Belfry."

This late-brutalist masterpiece everyone forgot about was originally created to get the proletariat jazzed about the arts.

An operating 19th-century lighthouse just on the southern tip of Sweden.

A hauntingly preserved early 20th-century industrial flour mill featuring a grand central tower, ornate spiral staircases, and original milling machinery left untouched.

Deep within the mountains, a towering natural wall of tightly packed basalt columns mimics a colossal ancient fortress built by no human hands.

One of the world’s few undersea pedestrian tunnels connects Honshu and Kyushu islands.

The most emblematic piece by a Peruvian master of pop art ended up placed in a modest square in Alcorcón.

This Brooklyn curiosity shop has its own magic theater and a singing mechanical bird that sparked an online feud with Kelly Clarkson.