The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.

This pair of running lions engraved on animal bone is one of the earliest artistic depictions of big cats.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

After becoming locally extinct, this esteemed avian now flies free in the forests around the ancient ruins.

The 18th-century church's stained-glass windows tell the story of the Haudenosaunee people.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

Three small rooms in the jungle house the most elaborate and intact murals of the Mayan world.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.

One of the world's most advanced radio observatories sprawls across the Atacama Desert.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

The largest and best-preserved Roman amphitheater in Africa was designed to seat 35,000 people.

At this sweet shop, the descendants of a royal chef serve up the fudge-like dessert his ancestor invented for a king.

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.