A beloved tribute to the Fab Four and the freedoms they inspired.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

Established hundreds of years ago, Gandan remains the premier Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar.

One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.

America's first wax museum opened in 1948.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

A colossal statue with a controversial past, forgotten for more than 30 years.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

Swim or sail to this pie-slinging boat off the coast of St. Thomas.

A 14th-century Serbian Orthodox church that was once converted into a mosque under the much-disfavored Ottoman Empire.

This lonely minaret with an unusual decorative symbol is all that remains of a historic Ottoman mosque.

This massive monument was unveiled the day Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.

After witnessing the rise and fall of three empires, this ancient city was finally destroyed by a series of earthquakes.

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.

These abundant, over-the-top monuments are so widely scattered that they define the entire compact capital cityscape, often leading to jokes about whether there are more statues than residents.

In the hometown of the Catholic saint and Nobel Peace Prize winner, a memorial dedicated to her legacy.

Memorial to the lost dead of Gdansk, whose resting places were destroyed during World War II.

Gdańsk's lion mascot features in a trail of bronze sculptures scattered all across the city.