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This extremely naked God of Drunkards welcomes visitors to Kochi Station.

A schooner, nicknamed "The Unsinkable," with a long history of survival in the Indian Ocean.

A historical convent known for taking in bad luck babies left on its doorstep is now an upscale shopping center.

This mesmerizing medieval monastery-cave complex sits thousands of feet above ground overlooking a valley.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Not far from a popular beach, an unfinished, abandoned mansion for Bulgaria's last communist dictator.

Veryovkina Cave is more than 1.3 miles deep—the deepest known in the world.

A kitsch shrine dedicated to the ogre-slaying folktale hero born from a peach.

A collection of old steam and diesel locomotives sitting in a fenced-off garden.

The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

Is this cat asleep or just pretending?

Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.

Concentrated around the Dead Sea, these surprising canyons are filled with coursing water, fish, and even crabs.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

On top of a resort town as old as the Bronze Age sits an incredible war memorial statue overlooking the beaches below.

Celebrated example of Ottoman architecture that also served as a site for brutal massacres.

This abandoned airplane hanger is said to have once been a top secret launch facility.

A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.

A former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian War is now a secret graffiti art gallery.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.

Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.