A small Oregon museum is filled with a robust history.

This ex-prison dates back to the Middle Ages.

A Buddhist retreat built on more than 100 acres of California Redwood forest.

On the side of a Virginia highway, a collection of monuments commemorates an 18th-century trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains.

This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

Constructed during the 1960s, this bridge is still the highest in Italy.

After the construction of a nearby cathedral obstructed the view, the oldest belfry in Belgium was more than doubled in height.

In northeastern Poland, the ruins of a massive granary overlook the Narew River.

This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.

History is on display in this hall, which has served as the seat of city government for centuries.

A tiny park in the middle of some big power politics.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

In the center of Wrocław's old meat market stands a somber tribute to the city's livestock.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

The two abandoned overpasses are among the largest bridges in Poland.

The world’s only museum dedicated to baked beans.

The only medieval bridge in Britain with its defensive tower still in tact.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

This eclectic collection documents the wild legacies of "America's Wickedest Street."

The manor house where the Polish composer spent childhood summer holidays is now a museum and concert hall.

Britain's only artificial surfing lake is nestled in the beautiful mountains of Wales.