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A marble cornerstone marks the location of what could have been a presidential palace.

Reaching Japan’s “most dangerous shrine” means climbing a vertical cliff.

This 18th-century folly is one of Europe's rare "garden mosques."

Unique Armenian monastery from the 13th century, reclaimed by nature but still welcoming visitors.

Home of coppersmiths whose families have been working here since the 17th century.

An unusually European Pueblo church is actually the oldest Native American congregation in the United States.

The European Union’s tallest freestanding structure provides radio and television broadcasting to half of Latvia.

The largest stone moved during the Stone Age once stood proudly in France.

A river runs beneath you while walking along this elevated linear park.

Glass-walled, mid-century modern showroom for cars, still in operation.

A tribute to the forgotten origins of American religious freedom.

According to local legend, this unassuming art gallery was once used to imprison witches.

In a cemetery full of holy men, mobsters, and haunted graves, among the most remarkable graves an ordinary husband and wife's spinning headstone.

A subtle memorial marks where a human chain protested Soviet control in 1989.

This clock in a village famous for toys gives a countdown to Christmas.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

Perhaps the biggest draw to this mosque is its remote location and lack of tourists.

Modest but unique pyramid built for a pharaoh has been reduced to a “heap of stone.”

An enigmatic temple with complicated history, at the center of Sri Lanka.

A hidden highland of peaks and pastures, largely unchanged since medieval times.

The poet’s tombstone keeps getting vandalized by her fans.

This enormous statue of the Buddha is a response to the destruction of the Bamiyan statues in Afghanistan.

This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.

Students pray here in hopes of entering one of Japan’s most prestigious universities.