The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

These little castles each held thousands of pigeons.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

Massive, unfinished broadcasting station stands as a monument to the fall of communism.

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

This massive stone and steel monument remembers a century-old battle that cost thousands of lives and nearly destroyed the city.

Eastern Bloc nostalgia, anybody?

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

A shrine on the shores of the Tigris.

This former Imperial summer home was the venue for a royal slap that once echoed 'round the world.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

Live a night as a Byzantine King, with a minibar and private jacuzzi.