Lebanese castle built by one man, over a lifetime.

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

3D war panorama in Damascus built with help from North Korea.

One of the oldest monasteries in the world is a key pilgrimage site for both Muslims and Christians.

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.

Ruins of the Crusaders' headquarters.

Only a handful of these gorgeous historic waterwheels remain but even those are in danger from local unrest.

One of the oldest and largest castles in the world.

Amid the rubble of Aleppo's Old Quarter, part of a historic market has been restored and re-opened.

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

Tucked among the sand dunes overlooking a Welsh beach, a real-life tribute to a fictional elf.

Go back 50 years with a turn on one of the park's carefully restored vintage fairground rides.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

This huge coastal nature reserve in Wales was a stand-in for the Arabian Peninsula in 'Lawrence of Arabia.'

An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.

These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.

A century-old prison in the heart of Vilnius is now a lively bar, dance club, and artist residency.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

Rub it for a bit of good luck.

A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.