Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

This half-forgotten fortress was constructed by the Ottoman conqueror of Constantinople.

This column celebrates Rome's victory over the Goths, and may be the oldest Roman monument in Istanbul.

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

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.