A display of works by one of the world masters sacred art, an 18th-century Brazilian sculptor nicknamed "the little cripple."

The pedestrian traffic signals in Brazil's teeming metropolis light up with clues to nearby landmarks.

This "Little Finland" started as a Finnish utopian society in Eastern Brazil.

A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.

This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

When the imprisoned pope's remains were finally returned to the Vatican, his heart stayed behind in France.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

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

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

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

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.