A global symbol of the Atlantic slave trade, many historians doubt that this site had much to do with the slave trade at all.
In an inspired move, South Africa built its Constitutional Court on the site of a notorious former prison where human rights had long been denied.
This site, which had been, variously, a family home, an intellectual hub, and a notorious secret police detention center, is now a peace memorial.
This sensational and ultramodern museum is celebrated as an overdue act of reckoning by some Hungarians, a work of propaganda by others.
This prison and torture center was transformed into a civic space and human rights center.
Initially designed to help legitimize the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia, this site has evolved into a genuine, if complicated, memorial site.