A futuristic rocket marks the spot where three borders meet.

A town that sets itself apart with supersized designer seating.

Built to ward off Napoleon's army, this city-sized abandoned Russian fort is now perfect for urban exploration.

The haunting cadaver tomb of a famous French poet, playwright, and filmmaker.

Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

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

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

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.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

The only residents of this abandoned housing development full of identical castles are stray cats and dogs.

Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.

A Turkish monastery tucked into a cliff wall.

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

A gleaming white and undulating tower marks the border between Georgia and Turkey.

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

Tower with a double-helix spiral, adorned with letters of the Georgian alphabet.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

A unique park tells the geological history of Belarus in a national “map” of thousands of boulders and blue spruce.