Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

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

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

This unassuming tree stump reportedly traces its roots to the famous pharaoh queen's reign.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

This elegant neoclassical garden is a peaceful oasis in the middle of the Nepalese capital.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?