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A crumbling ghost town with prime views of the dam that doomed it.

Rusted structures stand like ghosts of Cyprus' 6,000-year-old copper industry.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

Step back in time and witness the fall of Constantinople.

Large miniature theme park with 100-plus models.

Lebanese castle built by one man, over a lifetime.

A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.

The largest hewn stone in history.

Unfinished monument to peace between Turkey and Armenia, long divided by a dispute over genocide.

This ancient monastery complex was transformed from an island to a peninsula when the lake was partially drained.

Dark, eerie exhibits make for a surreal exploration of the subconscious.

Pictures tacked onto trees remember the more than 40,000 of Stalin's victims buried here in mass graves.

In the land of the Light Brigade stands a testament to the Cold War.

This vineyard was the site of the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

One of the windiest peaks in Crimea is home to an incredible set of cable bridges.

Over 300 wood sculptures depicting characters from Slavic, Greek and Western folk tales fill this magical garden.

This space age health spa looks like a supervillain's lair.

A 605-page Quran penned in the blood of a dictator is locked away in a mosque.

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

The saltiest lake in all of Crimea is also the pinkest of the pink and teeming with life.

The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.

This vast, water-filled underground labyrinth can only be toured by boat.