A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

This half-forgotten fortress was constructed by the Ottoman conqueror of Constantinople.

These millennia-old murals once covered the walls of residential complexes across the ancient city.

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.

This museum houses two of Mexico's most impressive Aztec monoliths.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

This scenic cable car ride glides 100 feet above Mexico City.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

A curious memento mori hangs in the magnificent Cathedral of Segovia.

This magnificent castle grew from a small Moorish fortress, and reportedly inspired two iconic Disney castles.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.