When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.

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

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

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

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

An underground city of salt.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

At first glance, this area seems like just another city park, but the lush landscape hides a dark past.

A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.

Bathe in these natural hot springs located high in the Andes Mountains.

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

A small museum in the Bay of Pigs gives the Cuban perspective on the famously failed U.S. invasion.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.