A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

A section of the long chain that blocked enemy ships from entering Constantinople.

Mediterranean castle on a tiny Turkish island.

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

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

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.