This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

Not actually a shop, but one fan's passionate show of support for a rival county's Gaelic football team.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

This picturesque monastery at the base of a cliff is a peaceful oasis open to all visitors.

This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

The oldest of its kind in the country, this tree sits where formerly enslaved people are said to have founded the city of Freetown.

This was once the largest city in Kazakhstan, and a major stop on the Silk Road.

One of the most important Krio heritage sites in the country.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.