An exceptional assortment of fossils recovered from private collections.

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

This street has over a half-dozen names, all at once.

George Martin's Caribbean recording studio now rots within the shadow of an active volcano.

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

These Stalin-era industrial 'death traps' hang lifeless above the city

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

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

This architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

A memorial museum to the political prisoners who were held at Sighet Prison, once one of the most feared places in Romania.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

This retro, UFO-like structure is a remnant of the Soviet-era circus.

An unusual and beautiful form of mass transit serves the city's steepest neighborhoods.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.