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This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.

Created as a "model concentration camp" to hide Nazi atrocities from the international community, this former camp-ghetto now holds a museum and memorial honoring the lives lost within.

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

The best-preserved ancient theater in the world.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

A unique museum dedicated to culture and artistry of carpet weaving.

The world's oldest model village.

The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.

This beautifully designed star-shaped fort was the premier defense system of the late 1500s.

This magnificent Art Deco church is a reflection of Lithuania’s turbulent history.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

This Roman arena once played host to bloody gladiatorial battles.

An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.

A museum dedicated to the former country.

A bizarre representation of our ever forward moving society.

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

In the hometown of the Catholic saint and Nobel Peace Prize winner, a memorial dedicated to her legacy.

This plaza is home to a number of works, including Montpellier‘s own Arc de Triomphe.

These abundant, over-the-top monuments are so widely scattered that they define the entire compact capital cityscape, often leading to jokes about whether there are more statues than residents.

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.