Resting place and mausoleum of the founder and first president of Turkey.

This is the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler Vlad III Dracul.

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

A tiny village church in dramatic surroundings.

This 13th-century UNESCO-listed "lion's house" mosque is named after a repurposed lion sculpture.

It’s one of the hottest places in the world, but this canyon looks like it’s covered in snow.

Inside the small garden of two mid-century apartment buildings stands a centuries-old bell tower, separated from its original church and hidden from view.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

The ruins of a Roman temple from 1st Century BC with the only preserved inscription of “The Deeds of the Divine Augustus.”

“Ireland’s only inland lighthouse” is not actually a lighthouse at all.

A comprehensive museum dedicated to Africa's oldest modern republic.

This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

This decoration above a door, an unofficial family crest, is said to come alive during the night to try to get free of the stone.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.