Africa's Venice on stilts.

Two World War II aircraft lie within the jungle around this abandoned runway.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.

The Shinsegae Department Store is the largest of its kind in the whole world.

A symbol of hope, survival, and national character, especially after it rose phoenix like from the flames.

The toilet-shaped house of South Korea's sanitation pioneer is now a museum to the john.

The supreme shrine of the state.

Along a rail-biking route, giant insects house a two-story restaurant.

The world's longest bridge fountain has hundreds of nozzles that create a beautiful, illuminated spectacle.

These ancient monoliths make up one of the largest archaeological sites in Palau.

This abandoned prison was so notorious that its name has become a metaphor throughout Albania.

A scenic UNESCO site that doubles as a habitat for various forms of wildlife.

According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

This amateur-built East African church with mismatched towers is an architectural abnormality.

In a corner of the Troodos forest, tiny handmade houses make you feel like you’ve stepped into a real fairy tale.

These ruins disappear beneath the waves every winter.

The largest caravanserai in Cyprus also includes amazing examples of Ottoman architecture.

This sea stack in Cyprus is traditionally seen as the birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.