The castle in the romantic landscape of Podyjí houses what may be Europe's largest collection of taxidermy dogs.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

Thousands of rock-cut tombs fill the cliffs of this Sicilian nature preserve.

According to Greek mythology, this natural spring is the home of a freshwater nymph.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

Kuwait City's uniquely designed water towers look straight out of a retro sci-fi cityscape.

This road earned its macabre nickname after hundreds of Iraqi troops died along it in 1991.

Lived-in building, bedecked with an astonishing array of mirror mosaics.

The site of a bloody showdown between invading Iraqi forces and a cell of the popular resistance in Kuwait.

Wander among the ghostly ruins of an island where civilization flourished for thousands of years.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

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

A tiny park in the middle of some big power politics.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

Take a hike to this unique rock formation formed by lava flows.

Destruction from Armenia's 1988 earthquake inspired an artist's sculptures of scrap metal.

This little medieval church hidden in the center of Yerevan was lost and rediscovered—twice.

Huge stairway leads to this massive gallery.

Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.

The world's longest nonstop reversible cable car soars through spectacular scenery to the medieval Tatev Monastery.

After visiting hours, this picturesque waterfall is essentially turned "off" to be used for hydroelectric power.