Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

The building's fluid, wavelike walls are a true feat of architectural ingenuity.

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.

The world's longest nonstop reversible cable car soars through spectacular scenery to the medieval Tatev Monastery.

This series of Armenian caves held the oldest brain, shoe, and winery in the world.

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

Nestled in a peaceful valley, this Armenian monastery may have been saved from Mongols thanks to the eyes of God.

This ancient monastery complex was transformed from an island to a peninsula when the lake was partially drained.

The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.