This former cannon foundry and castle for the Counts of Flanders is now a public garden.

A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

This plaque remembers a grave mistake that led to one local woman being buried alive.

It's believed King John of England stayed at this 13th-century castle before riding off to sign the Magna Carta.

For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

A once extravagant mansion, now reduced to ruin.

Walk into an underground archeological dig, the site of the Roman Forum that was once the center of Valencia.

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

An uninhabited village that preserves and documents rural architecture and an endangered way of life.

An 18th-century viewpoint across the surrounding highlands.

Limestone outcrop decorated with a large laser engraving of the Buddha.

Inside the cloister of the Temple of San Juan Bautista is a ceiling decorated with gold Baroque illustrations.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

At 22 feet tall, these Bronze Age monoliths are some of the tallest standing stones in the United Kingdom.

This Native American settlement dates back to the Pueblo II period.

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

The young girl gained fame for her atypical size and was regarded as a curiosity by the Spanish aristocracy.

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

This one-room schoolhouse played a significant role in the education of Black children for almost 100 years.