The world's monuments
Every monument in our write-ups, all 489 of them, grouped by continent. Each card opens the full page: what it is, its best season, time to allow and how to reach it.
Europe 154
The Eckero Post and Customs House
Hallein Salt Mine on the Durrnberg
The Semmering Railway
The Struve Arc Points
Flanders Fields
The Atomium
The Belfries
The Horta Town Houses
Blagaj Tekke
Stećci Medieval Tombstones
The Madara Rider
The Rila Monastery
The Pula Arena
The Sea Organ, Zadar
Kykkos Monastery
Dolni Vitkovice
Kuks
Villa Tugendhat
The Little Mermaid
Angla Windmills
Arc de Triomphe
Arenes de Nimes
Eiffel Tower
Mont-Saint-Michel
Bergpark Wilhelmshohe
Berlin Wall and East Side Gallery
Brandenburg Gate
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Roman Trier
The Reichstag
Zollverein Coal Mine
Meteora
Fisherman's Bastion
Eggin i Gledivik, Djupivogur
Sun Voyager
Kilmainham Gaol
The Laxey Wheel
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Trevi Fountain
Freedom Monument
Hill of Crosses
Orheiul Vechi
Saharna
Tipova Cave Monastery
The Casino de Monte-Carlo
The Ostrog Monastery
Rotterdam's Modern Architecture
The Afsluitdijk
The Beemster Polder
The Delta Works
The Dom Tower, Utrecht
The Kinderdijk Windmills
The Van Nelle Factory
The Woudagemaal Steam Pumping Station
Haraldshaugen
Sverd i Fjell
Vigeland Sculpture Park
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Palace of Culture and Science
Aguas Livres Aqueduct
Belem Tower
University of Coimbra
The Merry Cemetery of Săpânța
Red Square and the Kremlin
Piazza della Liberta
The Studenica Monastery
The Idrija Mercury Mine
Casa Batllo and La Pedrera
La Lonja de la Seda
Park Guell
Plaza de Espana, Seville
Segovia Aqueduct
The Global Seed Vault
Skogskyrkogarden
Stockholm City Hall
Grande Dixence Dam
The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben
St Peter's Square
Ardenica Monastery
Et'hem Bey Mosque
Muradie Mosque
Altenburg Abbey
Anker Clock
Austrian Postal Savings Bank
Bergkirche Eisenstadt
Engelszell Abbey
Gaming Charterhouse
Gottweig Abbey
Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Hundertwasserhaus
Imperial Crypt
Kefermarkt Altarpiece
Klosterneuburg Abbey
Lilienfeld Abbey
Linz Main Square
Maria Saal
Maria Worth
Mariazell Basilica
Millstatt Abbey
Nonnberg Abbey
Otto Wagner Pavilions
Rein Abbey
Rogner Bad Blumau
Secession Building
Seckau Abbey
Seitenstetten Abbey
Silent Night Chapel
St Paul's Abbey, Lavanttal
St Peter's Church, Vienna
Stams Abbey
Vienna City Hall
Votivkirche
Wilhering Abbey
Wotruba Church
Zwettl Abbey
Averbode Abbey
Borgloon Transparent Church
Canal du Centre Boat Lifts
Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert
Manneken Pis
Maredsous Abbey
Orval Abbey
Palais de Justice, Brussels
Ronquieres Inclined Plane
Strepy-Thieu Boat Lift
Aladzha Monastery
Bachkovo Monastery
Basarbovo Rock Monastery
Dryanovo Monastery
Glozhene Monastery
Troyan Monastery
Mirogoj Cemetery
Krusne Hory Mining Landscape
Borglum Abbey
Copenhagen City Hall
Copenhagen Opera House
Esrum Abbey
Fjordenhus
Men at Sea
Sibelius Monument
Three-Country Cairn
Pillars of Hercules Monument
Heroes' Square
The Sopron Fire Tower
Arctic Henge
Candle of Gratitude
Pyramid of Austerlitz
Centennial Hall, Wroclaw
Cristo Rei
Padrão dos Descobrimentos
Adamclisi Tropaeum Traiani
The Painted Monasteries of Bucovina
Manasija and Ravanica
Centre of Europe Marker
Asia 220
The Blue Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif
The Minaret of Jam
Garni and Geghard
Khor Virap
Tatev Monastery
The Noratus Khachkar Field
Sheki Caravanserai
The Mosque City of Bagerhat
Bumthang Valleys
The Tiger's Nest (Paro Taktsang)
Jame' Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque
Banteay Srei
Preah Vihear
Tuol Sleng and Choeung Ek
Dujiangyan Irrigation System
Shaolin Temple and the Pagoda Forest
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Xi'an
The Classical Gardens of Suzhou
The Confucius Temple and Cemetery, Qufu
The Eastern Qing Tombs
The Hanging Temple, Hengshan
The Kaiping Diaolou
The Leshan Giant Buddha
The Temple of Heaven
David Gareja
Gelati Monastery
Gergeti Trinity Church and Kazbegi
The Katskhi Pillar
Man Mo Temple
The Big Buddha and Lantau
Victoria Harbour and the Skyline
Bara Imambara
Chand Baori at Abhaneri
Charminar
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
Gateway of India
Humayun's Tomb
Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Rani ki Vav, Patan
Statue of Unity
The Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur
The Golden Temple, Amritsar
The Great Stupa at Sanchi
The Hoysala Temples of Belur and Halebidu
The Khajuraho Temples
The Meenakshi Temple, Madurai
The Qutb Minar
The Sun Temple at Konark
The Taj Mahal
Thiksey Monastery
Borobudur
Candi Mendut and Candi Pawon
Candi Sukuh and Candi Cetho
Masjid Raya Baiturrahman
Prambanan
The Temples of Bali
Isfahan and Naqsh-e Jahan Square
Nasir al-Mulk Mosque
The Malwiya of Samarra
The White City of Tel Aviv
Chusonji and Hiraizumi
Fushimi Inari Shrine
Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima
Izumo Taisha
Kamakura Great Buddha
Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion
Koyasan
Nara Park and Todai-ji
Nikko Toshogu
Senso-ji and Asakusa, Tokyo
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
Tomioka Silk Mill
Mount Nebo
Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
Turkestan
The Grand Mosque
Burana Tower
Tash Rabat
Vientiane
A-Ma Temple
Kek Lok Si Temple
The Batu Caves
Old Friday Mosque
Karakorum and Erdene Zuu
The Genghis Khan Statue
Mount Popa
The Golden Rock
The Shwedagon Pagoda
Changu Narayan
Swayambhunath
The Boudhanath Stupa
The Pashupatinath Temple
Pohyon Temple and Myohyangsan
Pyongyang
The DMZ at Panmunjom
The Aflaj Irrigation Systems
Makli Necropolis
Sagada
The Doha Corniche and Skyline
Marina Bay and the Skyline
Raffles Hotel
Beomeosa Temple
Beopjusa Temple
Bongjeongsa Temple
Bulguksa and Seokguram
Buseoksa Temple
Dosan Seowon
Haedong Yonggungsa Temple
Haeinsa Temple
Jongmyo Shrine
Piram Seowon
The DMZ
Unjusa Temple
The Dambulla Cave Temple
The Temple of the Tooth, Kandy
The Norias of Hama
Longshan Temple
The Lotus Pond, Kaohsiung
Phra Pathom Chedi
Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn
Wat Pho and the Reclining Buddha
Wat Phra Mahathat, Nakhon Si Thammarat
Wat Phra That Phanom
Cristo Rei of Dili
Basilica Cistern
Hagia Sophia
Selimiye Mosque
Sultanhani Caravanserai
The Blue Mosque
The Green Mosque and Tomb, Bursa
Ashgabat
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
The Burj Al Arab
The Palm Jumeirah
Moynaq and the Aral Shore
Shah-i-Zinda
Saigon Central Post Office
The Cu Chi Tunnels
The Temple of Literature
The Tomb of Khai Dinh
The Tomb of Minh Mang
The Tomb of Tu Duc
The Tran Temples, Nam Dinh
Armenian Alphabet Monument
Atia Mosque
Bagha Mosque
Bayazid Bostami Shrine
Buddha Dhatu Jadi
Chandranath Hill
Choto Sona Mosque
Curzon Hall
Dhakeshwari Temple
Goaldi Mosque
Hussaini Dalan
Jor Bangla Temple
Kantajew Temple
Kusumba Mosque
Lalon Shah Shrine
National Parliament House
Puthia Temple Complex
Rajban Vihara
Ramu
Sat Gombuj Mosque
Shah Jalal Dargah
Star Mosque
Billionth Barrel Monument
Chronicles of Georgia
Chicken Church
Equator Monument
Garuda Wisnu Kencana
Gedung Sate
Gua Sunyaragi
Gunongan
Lawang Sewu
National Monument
The Mosques of Demak and Kudus
Agha Bozorg Mosque
Avicenna Mausoleum
Azadi Tower
Bisotun
Blue Mosque of Tabriz
Chak Chak
Fatima Masumeh Shrine
Ganjali Khan Complex
Ganjnameh
Gonbad-e Qabus
Imam Reza Shrine
Jameh Mosque of Isfahan
Maragheh
Nishapur
Qanats of Gonabad
Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine
Sheikh Safi Shrine
Shushtar Hydraulic System
Soltaniyeh Dome
Taq-e Bostan
Tarikhaneh
Tomb of Saadi
Tus
Vakil Mosque and Bazaar
Zein-o-din Caravanserai
Hermel Pyramid
Cheng Hoon Teng Temple
Eagle Square
Khoo Kongsi
Kota Kinabalu City Mosque
Masjid Jamek
Sultan Abdul Samad Building
Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque
The Labuan Chimney
Thean Hou Temple
Hiran Minar
Temple of Leah
Donggureung Royal Tombs
Bao'an Temple, Taipei
Fo Guang Shan
Hadrian's Gate
Africa 53
Ouidah and the Slave Route
The Grand Mosque of Bobo-Dioulasso
The Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela
The Great Mosque of Djenné
The Tomb of Askia
Grand Bassin
Meknes
The Hassan II Mosque
The Kigali Genocide Memorial
Dakar
The Kasubi Tombs
Livingstone-Stanley Monument
Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque
Abydos Temple
Aga Khan Mausoleum
Al-Azhar Mosque
Amada Temple
Aswan High Dam
Bab Zuweila
City of the Dead
Colossi of Memnon
Deir el-Hagar
Dendera Temple
Edfu Temple
Esna Temple
Fayoum Waterwheels
Hibis Temple
Kalabsha Temple
Kom Ombo Temple
Medinet Habu
Mosque of Amr ibn al-As
Mosque of Ibn Tulun
Nilometer of Rhoda
Obelisk of Heliopolis
Pompey's Pillar
Ramesseum
SS Thistlegorm Wreck
Suez Canal
Sultan Hassan and Al-Rifai Mosques
Temple of Hatshepsut
Temple of Seti I at Qurna
Unfinished Obelisk
Wadi es-Sebua
Almoravid Koubba
Ben Youssef Madrasa
Bou Inania Madrasa, Fes
The Hassan Tower
The Koutoubia Mosque
The Saadian Tombs
African Renaissance Monument
Afrikaans Language Monument
Donkin Reserve
Huguenot Monument
Americas 40
Nelson's Dockyard
Cristo Redentor de los Andes
The Jesuit Block of Córdoba
The Queen's Staircase
Gun Hill Signal Station
Morgan Lewis Windmill
Brasília
Christ the Redeemer
Ottawa and the Rideau Canal
Vegreville Pysanka
The Salt Pans and Slave Huts
The Columbus Lighthouse
Leapers Hill
Angel de la Independencia
Carcamo de Dolores
Cristo Rey del Cubilete
Kiosco Morisco
Monumento a la Revolucion
Polyforum Siqueiros
The Atlantic Locks
The Panama Canal
The San Juan City Walls
The Temple in the Sea
Empire State Building
Fallingwater
Gateway Arch
Hollywood
Independence Hall
Monticello
Mount Rushmore
Statue of Liberty
The National Mall
The 99 Steps
Marco Zero Monument
Cristo Redentor de los Andes
Alto de Menegua
Mitad del Mundo
Divino Salvador del Mundo Monument
Hito Tres Fronteras
Virgen de la Paz Monument
Oceania 22
Alice Springs Telegraph Station
Australian Standing Stones, Glen Innes
Fremantle Prison
Hyde Park Barracks
Lanyon Homestead
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
The Sydney Opera House
Sri Siva Subramaniya Temple
Taputapuātea
Tarawa and the Pacific War
Christchurch Arts Centre
Dunedin Railway Station
Kerikeri Mission Station
Old Government Buildings
Peleliu Battlefield
Guadalcanal and the Pacific War
