A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.

This museum inside Amsterdam's largest cemetery explores how people deal with death.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The last of Amsterdam's original sea level markers remaining in place.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Parts of this sprawling temple complex are deteriorating, but its founder’s body remains intact.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.