This exceptionally well-preserved ancient marvel also houses a small museum dedicated to Jordanian folk tradition.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

A beloved tribute to the Fab Four and the freedoms they inspired.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.