This tribute to Sunderland's mining past stands outside the home of its football club.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

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

This uncanny fresco celebrating the "triumph of death" was split into four pieces to be moved to another museum.

The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.

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

This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.

An unusual stone chair can be found on the banks of the River Wear, not far from Durham Cathedral.

This library dates back to the late 17th century and was one of the first public lending libraries in England.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.