Places Edited by CK KNiRSCH

A natural bridge formed by limestone travertines in Armenia's Vorotan River Canyon.

A wonderland of oil paintings by a self-taught artist who collaborates with Imagine Dragons—hidden in a 17th-century building near the Rembrandt House.

The Shinsegae Department Store is the largest of its kind in the whole world.

Known as Manila's "last lung," this park used to house a market, garrison, and various government buildings.

While most shipwrecks are submerged, this ship in Cyprus ran ashore.

The biggest cave system in the Arabian Peninsula is home to a rare variety of blind fish.

This church was constructed on the site where St. Philip the Apostle preached to the ancient Athenians.

An underground city beneath Krakow's postwar socialist utopia.

After witnessing the rise and fall of three empires, this ancient city was finally destroyed by a series of earthquakes.

A must for film lovers in Madrid and home to the Spanish Film Library's projection space.

The oldest statue in the Netherlands has survived relocation, bombardment, and burial.

Count the statues to gain insight into your future from Buddhist disciples.

This historic textile mill has been repurposed as a shopping outlet, which houses a textile museum that celebrates its industrial past.

Seventy-five miles of limestone caves host more than a million bottles of wine beneath a sleepy Moldovan town.

This vestige of Seychelles’s colonial past now resides in a busy intersection and didn’t chime for its first 96 years.

Inside the Šomoška National Nature Reserve exists a unique rock formation rarely seen in the world.

This risky summer festival honors a historic volcanic eruption.

One of Western Africa's oldest mosques, this Timbuktu icon has stood for nearly 700 years.

The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

What was once supposed to be the symbol of a shining Afghan future is now a bombed-out ruin.