Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.

This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

Bronzes and busts that once stood in the city's main squares are now relegated to a small hidden courtyard.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

This unique architectural wonder is also tied to one of the 20th-century's most renowned writers.

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.

Fourteen sculptures showing the development of a fetus stand outside a hospital for women and children.

This fountain pays homage to Qatar's history of pearling, the primary industry before oil.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

A Spanish-style estate that has traded black ties for rock concerts.

A macabre sculpture museum in the capital of Haiti fuses human bones with broken metal to create challenging contemporary art.

This iconic fortress was once the crown jewel of Haiti's national defense.

The royal seat of Henri Christophe, a formerly enslaved man who became Haiti's only king.

The final resting place of Christopher Columbus - or possibly someone else.

The first official clock in North America, it kept time for the Spanish government of Santo Domingo.

Learn the history of Dominican rum production.

A collection cataloguing one of the most brutal dictatorships in modern history.