These Neolithic burial mounds and a still-intact passage tomb may have solar calendar significance on the spring and autumn equinoxes.

One of the biggest islands in the River Po is a protected nature reserve, reachable only by a seasonal ford rich with endemic fauna, fossils, and late 19th-century buildings.

This island castle now hosts a world-famous opera festival.

Despite the name, this 16th-century structure in Galway wasn't built by the Spanish.

The niches over the western entrance of Westminster Abbey honor individuals from the 20th century who gave their lives for their Christian beliefs.

Piran’s oldest square is laden with history and a beautiful 18th-century reservoir.

This fortified town dating back to the 1400s is often described as an open-air museum and is a protected National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Numerous stone coffins from different centuries, lined up in a sixth century basilica.

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

Once a luxurious flagship of the Soviet Union, this Brutalist structure remains a landmark of Tashkent’s communist past.

Picturesque basketball courts sheltered by historical defensive walls and with an enviable sea view.

Split's smallest church, and one of its oldest, has been reconstructed inside the city's Roman walls.

Controversially restored in the 1970s, this giant 15th-century mosque is shrouded in legend.

A memorial to the Vicentine who survived and documented Magellan's circumnavigation of the world.

According to legend, this is the burial place of a mythical three-legged death omen horse.

Held in a fort that once stood for colonization of the area, this museum now tells the history of its indigenous people.

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.

Hundreds of tree trunks and Welwitschia flowers populate this living fossil haven.

Tens of thousands of Africans rescued from slave ships passed through this gate before being settled in Sierra Leone.

A curiously placed cannon along a roundabout in Freetown marks the boundary of the old city.

It's believed that the dead were once taken out of houses through these now walled-up doors.

Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.

Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.

Look up from the busy streets to discover how time is kept!