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

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.

The largest hewn stone in history.

A 1,500-year-old ghost settlement is slowly fading away.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Only a handful of these gorgeous historic waterwheels remain but even those are in danger from local unrest.

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.

Ruins of the Crusaders' headquarters.

What is left of the pillar of Saint Simeon, the voluntary martyr who climbed the column to give his sermons, remaining perched there for thirty-seven years.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

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