After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.

The site where the Spanish first landed in Mexico was once a thriving Mesoamerican city.

This figure was cut into the hillside in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI.

An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.

The memorial stands at the intersection of the rivers Morava and Danube.

Located in a remote part of a Louisiana wildlife refuge, this tree has been standing for more than 1,200 years.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

This ancient well once held a top-secret royal meeting chamber.

A family accused of witchcraft once called this medieval tower home.

This "Atomic Egg" appears on the city of Garching's coat of arms.

In 1889, a small group of women began meeting to discuss literature, art, and other topics. Their every-other-week salon grew into a lending library that still exists today.

The crumbling remains of a 19th-century textile factory.

The preserved left hand of a saint once known as "the Pearl of York."

Glasgow's oldest pub has a proud literary tradition and possibly a ghost or two.

This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.

A tribute to those who fled the Great Famine and relocated to Australia.

A bronze monument to his majesty, King Gino.

First crafted during the 19th century, the mill was fully restored in 1983.

For more than two centuries, this family-run establishment has been serving up some of Ireland's best oysters.

This small but unique site depicts part of an arguably underrepresented part of Australia's early connections to the seafaring communities to its north.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

An early 20th-century jail not far from the infamous Tombstone, Arizona.