A symbol of hope, survival, and national character, especially after it rose phoenix like from the flames.

Celebrating the history of Hangul, the Korean writing system invented by King Sejong to improve his realm’s literacy.

The supreme shrine of the state.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

This Khmer temple is named after a young woman who sacrificed herself to protect the city from a disastrous deluge.

A special area of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples is located inside a metro station.

This medieval city gate is now a blend of the past and the modern world.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

These abundant, over-the-top monuments are so widely scattered that they define the entire compact capital cityscape, often leading to jokes about whether there are more statues than residents.

Not the result of an accident, hurricane, or aliens, this is an eye-popping tribute to the Melbourne tram.

Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.

A firefighting museum housed in a historic station whose Lookout Tower watches over Melbourne.

This 2008 memorial commemorates two leading Aboriginal Australian rights activists.

A rare specimen of an iconic extinct animal in downtown Sydney.

A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.

Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.

An ancient engraving by the Cammeraygal people was uncovered in the transformation of a North Sydney industrial site.

Climb a set of vertiginous stone steps to the top of this impressive ancient edifice.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This building has two facades of clashing architectural designs.