Lidumnieki, Latvia
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This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.
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Lidumnieki, Latvia
This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.
Ligatne, Latvia
A top secret Cold War bunker hidden beneath a Latvian spa facility is now open for tours.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The last standing example of an ancient district's teatime tradition.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.
Copenhagen, Denmark
An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.
Copenhagen, Denmark
This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.
Moscow, Russia
One of the largest collections of socialist realist art shows the surprising depth of the official art of the Soviet Union.
Bucharest, Romania
A celebration of all things tacky, garish, and bizarrely creative in the Romanian capital.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
This harsh mountain path was built as a strange attempt to improve the health of Turkmen citizens.
North Macedonia
This 3,800-year-old site contains markers used to study the movement of the sun and moon and create a lunar calendar.
A Coruña, Spain
The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.
Shiraz, Iran
Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.
Saty, Kazakhstan
Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.
Raiymbek District, Kazakhstan
Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.
East Sussex, England
These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.
Aksaray, Turkey
In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.
Kalabaka, Greece
Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Ballintoy, Northern Ireland
This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."