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This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

On the shores of Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Lake, a family cooks a feast that tells the sad tale of a people's exile.

This mysterious complex of abandoned yurts and fading murals was meant to be a center of science and spirituality in Kyrgyzstan.

An outstanding piece of retro Sci-Fi architecture built into a sacred mountain.

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

One of the word's deepest gorges is also tied to a fantastic legend.

This vast World War II defense line was the site of a fierce battle.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

A tropical rainforest designed to resemble a scene from the monumental film.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

An unexpected ghost village lurks on the southeast coast of Tenerife.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

Take a cruise with no movement but plenty of style in this one-of-a-kind boat mall.

A pair of trees near a Hong Kong shrine are said to grant wishes, but only the ones they hold on to.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

A rustic place to spend the night, complete with amazing quiver trees and outsider art.