Fortifications built for a Soviet invasion that never came now sit abandoned in a losing battle against nature.

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.

Once a year, local students "clean" this statue with a champagne shower.

The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.

Monument that stands 40 feet and weighs 1,000 pounds.

One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.

The most easterly point on mainland Australia offers dramatic ocean views.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Seven dragon statues—including one that breathes real fire—are scattered throughout the streets of Krakow.

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.

This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.

A statue of the beloved storybook character stands in front of the building in which her creator was born.

A huge stone pyramid built for fun.

Originally made for a fruit festival in the area in 1998 this was then erected outside the railway station and is now one of Australia’s iconic “Big Things” right at the side of the highway.

A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.

This small Australian town is considered home to the "Yowie" or the Aussie Big Foot.

This abandoned railroad tunnel is now home to a micro-colony of bats and a ghost train.