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This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

The ruins of a medieval monastery built on a perilous slope.

Unique Armenian monastery from the 13th century, reclaimed by nature but still welcoming visitors.

This ancient monastery complex was transformed from an island to a peninsula when the lake was partially drained.

These ruins of a Soviet children's railway station have a haunted atmosphere.

Right up until the 20th century this network of man-made caves was the biggest village in Eastern Armenia.

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.

This ancient abandoned church in a remote part of Turkey is in danger of falling over.

Standing proud atop a Turkish bluff, this Ottoman palace has retained its grandeur despite being abandoned for centuries.

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.

This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.

A resort destroyed by a mysterious bombing offers visitors only its remains and the riddle behind it's demise.

An eerie gravel road full of shards of red bricks leads to the ruins of a deserted factory.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

Hike along an abandoned railway up to a popular pilgrimage site.