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Outstanding, eerie frescoes and decorations fill this 19th-century monastery.

In a long-dry lake bed, these groups of massive stone pillars bear a striking resemblance to clumps of everyone's favorite fungi.

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.

This once-grandiose behemoth of a monument from the socialist era now sits quiet and closed up.

A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.

A spectacular Bulgarian cave resembling a devil's head with a waterfall rushing down its throat.

The site of many battles and tragedies, including the 40 maidens who leapt into the sea.

An ancient Thracian city where fire rituals were practiced on the largest cult altar in Southeast Europe.

This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

The world's most charming instant portrait studio also happens to be its smallest.

These circular ruins are all that remain of a 17th-century Arctic whaling outpost.

Thousands of birds nest in the cliffs while arctic foxes prowl below.

This roadside attraction looks like a flying saucer parked atop the tundra.

A little Lady Liberty stands in the Norway town where the copper for the real thing came from.

Ruins of two abandoned stations destroyed by the power they sought to harness.

Art becomes an enchanting part of the environment at this wooded sculpture park.

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

Research station devoted to mysterious floating lights seen in a Norwegian valley.

Mysterious man-made rock piles form an ancient cemetery on this rocky beach in Norway.

At this Arctic outpost, get to know members of the indigenous Sámi community and meet their herds.

The people murdered during a 17th-century Norwegian witch hunt have been honored with a pair of stark, modern installations.