This sprawling market is a one-stop shop for traditional Kazakh foods, from mare’s milk to sheep’s head.

Beatlemania is still going strong... at least in Kazakhstan.

This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.

Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

This extensive collection of vintage Soviet cars is the only one of its kind in the Caucasus.

A lively circle of dancers in the Georgian capital commemorates an ancient rite of spring.

When the Soviets destroyed the historic Armenian monastery they somehow left its bell tower intact.

With over 10,000 lights, this engineering marvel lights up the city after dark.

This extraordinary, multi-pillared monument depicts the fascinating history of Georgia.

Founded in the 4th-century, the town of Pernik plays host to the Surva Carnival⁠—a magnificent display of masked Kukeri dancers.

The second-largest Jewish temple in Bulgaria was deserted after World War II, seized by the communist government and then abandoned again.

A monument with a strange legend involving a horse's tongue.

An unusual stone chair can be found on the banks of the River Wear, not far from Durham Cathedral.

A rather grand, but tiny, folly on the banks of the River Wear associated with a Polish count.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

A collection of maritime artifacts from the world's first volunteer life brigade.

Claude Monet immortalized this medieval bridge in two of his paintings.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

This statue of the great Argentinian car driver is located near a famous curve of the Monaco Grand Prix.

Murals made with millions of colorful stones adorn the abandoned building.

Beneath the most controversial monument in Mexico City is a cultural center that exhibits only digital art.

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.