Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

A section of the long chain that blocked enemy ships from entering Constantinople.

This museum was invented in a novel before being made real by the author.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet your wish will be granted.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

Dozens of elegant ceramic tiles decorate these ancient walls, each displaying the Lord's Prayer in a different language.

On holy holidays, Israel's second president used this room atop Mount Zion as a refuge to read the Torah.

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

On a winding Vienna side street, one museum has turned their windows into a monument to history’s peace-minded heroes.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.