This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

Life-sized painted illusions let pedestrians blend in with the street art.

Home of the "true" equator.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

China's most famous acrobatics act.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.

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

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.