This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

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

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

These engineering masterpieces are a dominant feature of the Belfast skyline.

A giant sculpture of the legendary "Salmon of Knowledge" celebrates the return of fish to Belfast's River Lagan.

Step into Narnia at this small park featuring statues from "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe."

The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.

The last Victorian market in Belfast.

The only monument to name all of the passengers and crew who died on the RMS Titanic.

A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

Time has stopped at the house where Gandhi died.

A favorite haunt of Delhi's politicos and intellectuals, this old-school coffee shop was shut down under Indira Gandhi's Emergency.

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

This medieval wine press is one of the oldest in Cyprus.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.