In the hometown of the Catholic saint and Nobel Peace Prize winner, a memorial dedicated to her legacy.

A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

This Western Australian mint was established during the height of the Australian gold rush.

A striking bronze sculpture of a Roman goddess with two hound dogs for company.

This classic photo booth was saved from destruction by the local community.

Home to the oldest operating roller coaster in the Southern Hemisphere.

A clear example of the process of erosion in action.

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

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

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

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

The largest and best-preserved Roman amphitheater in Africa was designed to seat 35,000 people.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.