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A 30-foot-high stream of chocolate flows continuously at the Lindt Home of Chocolate.

Video games, body language, and postal history are all on display in this Swiss museum.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

Elaborate mansions built by Roma residents in Soroca to show their success after centuries of discrimination.

A unique collection of Soviet military artifacts lies hidden away in a disused train, in the unrecognized Eastern European republic of Transnistria.

The largest dam in the world and the site of a potential disaster.

One of the most ethnically diverse spots on the planet.

These "50 Fortresses" have been unearthed in the ancient oasis of Khwarezm.

An abandoned Soviet-era mining town in the mountains of South Kazakhstan.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

This ancient Silk Road outpost overlooking the Wakhan Valley is miraculously still standing.

Traces of the thriving lake trade that once linked the Soviet Union with Mongolia.

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

The now-abandoned Fascist summer colony served a dark purpose during World War II.

A rambling museum which honors the beauty in everyday objects.

This small museum is basically a time capsule of daily life in the Soviet Union.

The largest art park on the European continent.

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.

Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.

The world's second-largest excavated hole.

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.