Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

Kyiv's answer to Muscle Beach is a Soviet-era gym made from scrap metal.

This underground transport hub doubles as an art gallery.

The spectacular Roshen Fountain show lights up the night sky all summer long, until it "hibernates" under the ice waiting for spring to come.

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chornobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.

The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

The largest covered bazaar in the world.

The cathedral stands in New Jufa, Isfahan's Armenian quarter that was established in 1606.

This 17th-century structure is a beautiful testimony to traditional Persian architecture

The colorful soil of Iran’s "Rainbow Island" attracts artists and nature lovers.

This steamship has been beautifully rusting off the coast of an Iranian island since the 1960s.

Squeezing inside this deep, narrow canyon reveals a festival of desert colors.

This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.

This bazaar is one of the oldest in the Arabian world.

This beautifully restored fortification kept the city safe for centuries.

More than 100 monumental tombs carved into rock are preserved at this ancient Nabataean site in the Arabian Desert.

The rocks around this mountain are filled with so many carvings that the area became known as the "open library."

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.

These towering cliffs jut dramatically from the middle of a barren desert.

A 19th-century fortress and collection of artifacts offer a tour of Saudi history.

An archaeological site believed to be the burial place of the "mother of us all."

Village of slate houses, built on a white marble outcrop.

One of the oldest monasteries in the world is a key pilgrimage site for both Muslims and Christians.