Say what you want about this tribute to the Greek goddess of chastity, hunting, wild animals, forests, and fertility, but it was certainly provocative. In fact, it was built and destroyed three times: Herostratus was first, in an act of attention-seeking arson; then the Goths, who destroyed the city on the run; and finally, in 401 CE, the Christians left behind only the foundations and a single column which can still be visited today in Turkey.