Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

An art gallery that celebrates Indigenous Maya practices and traditions.

The remnants of an archaeological camp stand within Tikal National Park.

The world's first experimental nutritionist is memorialized as the "Hippocrates of naval medicine."

A former medieval fortress, now home to Edinburgh Napier University, contains a rather risqué work of art.

A rare and unique example of an 18th-century door latch calls this restaurant home.

A sculpture in a secluded garden honors one of Edinburgh's most innovative thinkers and city planners.

A rare memorial paying homage to an altruistic woman from the 19th-century.

Inside this home, the Icelandic national anthem was born.

The man who helped establish the first rules of golf.

Small sculpted heads of prominent phrenologists mark the outside of their former headquarters.

These plaques located in a court preserve a small piece of Edinburgh's history.

This statue stands as a message against the ills of Apartheid.

This exhibit showcases the literary work of soldiers who suffered "shell shock" during World War I.

The first Chinese student to graduate from a European university.

A stone monument acknowledging Scotland's right to have a separate Parliament from the one in Westminster.

This ordinary-looking rock may have played an important role in a 16th-century Scottish battle.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.