This 18th-century complex has served as a mosque, mausoleum, and one of the largest caravanserais in India.

Known as the "Traitor's Gate."

This bright green structure is the final resting place of the 16th-century leader responsible for building the walls around Harar.

The decommissioned steam engine’s whistle can still be heard three times a day at one of Japan’s oldest train stations.

Dedicated to the man who saved hundreds of children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.

This magenta statue commemorates the legendary marriage between a mermaid and the city's founder.

According to the local legend, these boys and ducks were turned to stone by an angered water goblin.

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

This shrine is dedicated to a symbol of the Maya people's struggle against inequality and injustice.

This large stone off the coast of Martinique had a brief career in the Royal Navy.

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

This short-lived tea and silk farm is believed to be the first permanent Japanese settlement in North America.

A city park that sits on top of a freeway.

The ruins of a sixth-century monastery sit on the banks of the River Shannon.

This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.

Every spring, this walkway outside the Japan Mint turns into a cherry blossom tunnel.

A farm turned upside down.

Once the grandest synagogue in medieval Spain, it now stands as a memorial of the 15th-century Jewish exile.

From amidst her whirling waves, this mermaid sees all who pass through St. Swithun’s Church. If local legends are to be believed, she serves as a warning.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

Legends hold that these unusual rock formations were once a bridal party, or perhaps a group of hunters.

A sculpture garden built by a retired durian farmer.

A Hell's Kitchen synagogue that has counted stars of stage and screen among its congregation.