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These large stone piles are ancient burial sites.

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

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

Have fun at the world's first Buddhist waterslide park.

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

This historic hotel preserves many treasures from its heyday hosting passengers on the Orient Express.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

Fulham F.C. imploded once everyone excised its giant, hated tribute to the King of Pop.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

The largest salt lake in the Sahara is mysteriously alluring.

Some believe this abandoned Brutalist masterpiece inspired George Lucas's Sandcrawler.

The best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa.

The last standing example of an ancient district's teatime tradition.

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.

Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

The sacred shrine of the Yazidis.

This remnant of an ancient Persian city is considered to be the world's largest single-span brick vault arch.

An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.