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Germany’s oldest monastery has origins dating back to the 7th century.

This marker tells the story of a town’s toxic past.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

This tiny museum kept in a B&B laundry room holds the death mask of notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This historic Union Pacific Railroad depot is a stunning symbol of American post-Civil War progress.

An unusual abandoned church damaged in World War II sits in a small village outside Moscow.

After a long legal battle, the heart of the famous composer is finally enthroned in the city of his birth.

An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

The final resting place of the last "gypsy king" of Poland.

The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.

This memorial complex contains several mass graves for victims of the Siege of Leningrad.

Hundreds of medieval Islamic gravestones decorate the mountainous landscape in the largest cemetery in Turkey.

A scattered cemetery of medieval tombstones, each carved with indivdual patterns and scenes, overlooking a bright blue lake.

Wander around the extensive remains of this 12th-century medieval church.

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."

This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

French sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier transformed the site of a 19th-century massacre into a haunting memorial.

A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.

This mesmerizing medieval monastery-cave complex sits thousands of feet above ground overlooking a valley.