Stone pathway leading through ancient wall ruins under a cloudy sky, with a scenic view in the distance, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Octagonal Krishna Temple built by Pratapa Malla in memory of two of his favourite queens, Durbar Square, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Patan, Bagmati, Nepal, Asia

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, opened 2005 on site of the Berlin wall, incorporating the names of 3 million murdered Jews, near the Brandenburg Gate in Mitte, central Berlin, Germany, Europe

Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, 537 AD, Sultanahmet Square, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Bori Kalimbuang, megalithic burial site with 102 menhirs near Rantepao, Bori, Rantepao, Toraja, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Zinc clad saddleback roofed tongkonan, Bori Kalimbuang megalithic burial site, Bori, Rantepao, Toraja, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Bori Kalimbuang megalithic burial site with 102 menhirs near Rantepao, Bori, Rantepao, Toraja, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Kizhi Pogost, Transfiguration Church, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kizhi Island, Karelia, Russia, Europe

Chapel of Bet Danaghel built in memory of nuns martyred on orders of the Roman Emperior Julian, in the courtyard of Bet Maryam (St. Mary's), Lalibela, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ethiopia, Africa

High Memory Memorial, Angra do Heroismo, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Island of Terceira, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic, Europe

The Alatornio Church exterior and a point in the Struve Geodetic Arc, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kemi, Finland, Europe

Monks offer butter lamps. Bodgaya, india. Monks offer butter lamps in front of mahabodhi temple marks site of buddha’s enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Monks offer butter lamps prayer, kalachakra initiation, bodhgaya. India. Monks attending kalachakra initiation at mahaboudhi temple in bodhgaya, india. mahabodhi temple marks site of buddha’s enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Monks offer butter lamps. Kalachakra initiation, bodhgaya. India. Monks attending kalachakra initiation at mahaboudhi temple in bodhgaya, india. mahabodhi temple marks site of buddhas enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Monks offer butter lamps. Bodgaya, india. Monks offer butter lamps in front of mahabodhi temple marks site of buddhas enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Budhist lamas in prayer, bodhgaya, india. Monks attending kalachakra initiation at mahaboudhi temple in bodhgaya, india. mahabodhi temple marks site of buddha’s enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Gandhi Smriti Museum, the home of Mahatma Gandhi for last 144 days of his life, before he was shot on January 30th 1948. The Footsteps Represent His Last Walk Before his Death, Delhi, India.

Gandhi Smriti Museum, the home of Mahatma Gandhi for last 144 days of his life, before he was shot on January 30th 1948. The Footsteps Represent His Last Walk Before his Death, Delhi, India.

Statue of Pope Pius the ninth, Saint Peter's Square, Piazza San Pietro, Vatican City, Rome, Italy

Neuengamme concentration camp memorial site, SS main guard building with guard tower, right, prisoner block 1-4, centre, foundations of the detainee block, emerging thunderstorm, Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Pyramids of Teotihuacán, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Teotihuacán, State of Mexico, Mexico, Central America, Commemorative plaque for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the pre-Hispanic city of Teotihuacán in Mexico, Puebla, Central America

Cement squares, steles of the Holocaust Memorial, Mitte district, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Australian outback roadside memorial shrines, North Western Australia, Australia

Stones set in the layout of a ship, Bunge, Gotland, Sweden

Visitors at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Germany, Europa

Ruins of Ephesus, Efes, excavations, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Library of Celsus, built 135 AD by C Aquila in memory of his father Celsus, Selcuk, Lycia, Southwest Turkey, west coast, Western Turkey, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

Market for tourists. Village Purmamarca in the canyon Quebrada de Humahuaca. The Quebrada is listed as UNESCO world heritage site. South America, Argentina, November

Colorful scarfs or blankets for tourists. Town Humahuaca in the canyon Quebrada de Humahuaca. The Quebrada is listed as UNESCO world heritage site. South America, Argentina, November

Market for tourists. Town Tilcara in the canyon Quebrada de Humahuaca. The Quebrada is listed as UNESCO world heritage site. South America, Argentina, November