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Xuanjian Tower, part of a complex dating to the thirteenth century, is the main feature of the Town God’s Temple in Yuci.

Mamluk sultan Qa’itbay’s fountain-school complex was constructed in 1477 in central Cairo.

Unlike other traditional Central Asian mosques, the Medrese Abdulazizkhan in the center of Bukhara featured four iwans (alcoves) positioned around a courtyard.

George Town, established as a British trading port in 1786, displays its vivid and varied cultural heritage through the array of buildings and architectural styles found along its streets.

The Mnajdra Prehistoric Temples lie along the southern coast of Malta amidst the blue waters of the central Mediterranean.

In a fertile valley in southeastern Peru, at an elevation of 3,400 meters, the Incas established the important settlement of Cusco in the twelfth century.

Beginning in the early 20th century, Belgian railroad, customs, and maritime interests converged at Tour and Taxis, a model transportation hub designed by architect Van Humbeek.

Located at a crossroads of Europe and Asia on the famous Silk Road, Tbilisi faced repeated invasions since its founding in the fifth century as rival powers have sought to control its strategic position.

More than 300 prisons around the world were based on the design and system used at Eastern State Penitentiary.

The Madera Cave dwellings are pre-Colombian sculpted clay structures nestled in the natural caves and cliffs in Chihuahua’s western Sierra Madre.

For nearly 350 years, the San Juan de Ulúa Fort in Veracruz served as the primary military stronghold of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.

The archaeological site of Enfeh in Lebanon was threatened by a proposed expansion of the adjacent port that would have compromised the site’s integrity.