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The most impressive example of contemporary Romanian architecture in wood

An old spa town in the mountains of Romania where, according to legend, the great hero Hercules once bathed.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

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

This metro station doubles as an unintentional paleontology museum.

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

An ancient sanctuary that has long been a holy site for the Chaldean Christian Church.

An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.

The sacred shrine of the Yazidis.

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

Towns with a resource known as "white gold," valuable enough to fight a war over, now stand ghostly and empty.

One of the few remnants of an extensive tram network that once made Buenos Aires the “City of Trams.”

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

The final resting place of the liberator of Argentina is guarded around the clock by two soldiers.

A memorial to the victims of Argentina's "Dirty War."

With its vast selection of books, comics, and records, this nearly 70-year-old open-air market always rewards the patient browser.

These small sculptures pay homage to the lovable star of an iconic Argentine comic strip.

105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

This public elevator links the lower city to the upper city of Salvador.

As one of the world's largest hydroelectric dams this plant took two countries to get built.