From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

One of the holiest places in the region, devotees come to Tirta Empul to bathe in the holy spring water.

These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

Where hundreds of Japanese civilians committed suicide to avoid being captured by American soldiers during WWII.

This jail once controlled by the Japanese military now sits abandoned on a remote Pacific island.

The pits used to load the nuclear bombs onto the aircraft that dropped them over Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.

A beautiful waterway tucked in the corner of a power plant.

This softball diamond has a culture all its own.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

This unique Lady Liberty is one of the only examples of the figure sitting down.

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.