Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Ski Dubai
This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.
Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Rusting railcars and locomotive equipment fill this Ethiopian train graveyard.
Aksum, Ethiopia
Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.
Chisinau, Moldova
There is a mouldering Jewish cemetery hidden away in the capital of Moldova.
Chisinau, Moldova
This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.
Tiraspol, Moldova
A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.
Odessa, Ukraine
Padlocks cover this rickety footbridge with love.
Lviv, Ukraine
This unique Lady Liberty is one of the only examples of the figure sitting down.
Lviv, Ukraine
A fortress built to pacify local uprising that had a stint as a Nazi concentration camp before becoming a five-star hotel.
Lviv, Ukraine
This Ukraine alleyway has become its own little island of forgotten things.
Odessa, Ukraine
A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.
Arinj, Armenia
She asked for a potato cellar and over the next 23 years he gave her a network of holy caves.
Akna, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani ghost town, decaying after a war left it an armed forces buffer zone.