The Acropolis of Athens consists of four hills atop the Attica plateau and has been occupied for thousands of years, destroyed during times of war, and rebuilt during times of Greek prosperity.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa was built over a nearly 200-year period, halted by war and time to settle the unstable subsoil that caused the tower to lean. The tower was used by Galileo, Nazi forces, and as a tourist attraction for millions.

In June of 1791, King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette attempted to escape the French Revolution under the cloak of night and disguise. Still, they were recognized due to the King’s portrait featured on French currency, ultimately leading to their execution.

The Seven Wonders of the ancient world are structures with evidence or documentation of early civilization’s advanced and bewildering abilities for construction, during a technologically primitive time period.

The Aztec Empire of Mesoamerica culminated in Tenochtitlán, a civilization that employed sophisticated irrigation and agriculture practices. In 1519, Hernan Cortés would eradicate the city with superior weaponry and foreign disease.

Fascism was a far-right, authoritarian ultranationalist ideology that emerged from Europe in WWI and ended with WWII. The regimes and results of Mussolini and Hitler sealed the fate of another failed experiment in governance.

The great pyramids of Giza, near modern-day Cairo, Egypt, were built for Pharaoh Khufu with the belief that the king’s body and supplies would ascend together into heaven.