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

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

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

The eerie burnt-out remains of a prominent building where 30 protestors lost their lives.

The deepest metro station in the world.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

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

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

A historic chapel filled with colorful murals and a colorful past.

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

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

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

Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim.

A geometric jumble of homes.

This ancient tomb in the West Bank is a holy site for Jews, Muslims, and Christians alike.

Oldest Protestant church in the Middle East, designed to resemble a synagogue.

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.