A historic sanctuary in the last refuge of the Aramaic language.

The world's largest impact crater is mainly eroded but still remembers the planet's violent history.

Brace yourself for the slowest, scariest, most spectacular drive, down the Drakensberg Escarpment.

Time capsule of a museum, in which the Soviet Union remains alive and kicking.

This retro, UFO-like structure is a remnant of the Soviet-era circus.

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

The remains of an ancient city-state along the Silk Road.

Once a luxurious flagship of the Soviet Union, this Brutalist structure remains a landmark of Tashkent’s communist past.

Witness traditional silk production in the Uzbek city that's been a hub of sericulture for over a thousand years.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

Controversially restored in the 1970s, this giant 15th-century mosque is shrouded in legend.

The northernmost point of continental Africa—or is it?

UNESCO-protected ancient burial ground.

Rock carving created 1,300 years ago 75 feet off the ground.

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

A mountain pass in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains was the site of four historic battles.

Mysterious standing stone formations looks like a petrified forest.

This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.

Ireland's only cable car once carried livestock across a treacherous strait.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.