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A strange-looking 18th-century tower sits on a tiny islet just off Livorno.

Before the more famous Royal Palace of Caserta, the king of Naples first commissioned this overlooked residence.

Hidden in Carnfunnock Country Park is a lasting testament to the Normans who once settled in the region.

The remains of a 19th-century school and living quarters are perched atop a mountain surrounded by a thick tropical forest.

The ruins of this medieval castle now stand as a monument against all wars.

The last king of Poland was interred in this church nearly 200 years after his death.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Hidden deep in a forest is this geological wonder carved by glaciers.

The largest privately owned statue of Buddha in Japan, built by a total amateur, with an unconventional look.

Although it has never been a secret ninja base, this shrine still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.

Underneath one of the region's most historic roads lies the home of Plato's successor.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

A 2200 year old vessel may have been able to keep a charge.

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

This remnant of an ancient Persian city is considered to be the world's largest single-span brick vault arch.

This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.

The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.

A renowned Civil War veteran, this Bald eagle now presides over the Wisconsin State Assembly.

The remains of this castle, known as the Witch’s Eye, watch over the Thur Valley.

One of the few surviving World War II-era air-raid shelters in Tokyo.

Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.

These 5,000-year-old cave paintings provide a glimpse into prehistoric Finnish life.

Fortifications built for a Soviet invasion that never came now sit abandoned in a losing battle against nature.

These caves are home to a small church and were used to age cheese.