Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.

This 1000 year old relic-filled cave monastery and UNESCO World Heritage Site also hosts an amazing micro-miniature museum.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.

This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.

This Communist-era residential block is one of the longest residential building in Europe.

The site of the first battle of World War II.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

Memorial to the lost dead of Gdansk, whose resting places were destroyed during World War II.

Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.

One of the world's largest amber altarpieces is housed within this reconstructed medieval church.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

On a winding Vienna side street, one museum has turned their windows into a monument to history’s peace-minded heroes.

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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

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

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

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.