Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

Legend has it the lovelorn tears of a princess and a shepherd boy formed the blue and green twin lakes in the Azores archipelago.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.

Bits of flat terrain surrounded by cliffs make one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Azores.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

The gardens and chambers of this Moorish citadel conjure memories of the Alhambra.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Under Hanoi’s medieval citadel sits a secret military headquarters from the final years of the Vietnam War.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

Prague's "Little Hanoi" is one of the commercial centers of Czechia's Vietnamese community.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.