A palatial former bank building now houses what may be the poshest art venue (and former Tesco) in Belfast.

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

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Venice's island of the dead.

What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.

A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

A medieval Italian village is fighting depopulation with this vibrant annual street art festival.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

With its mine closed, this old village is starting to resemble a ghost town.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.

People in Poland have rallied to save this unnatural desert from being reclaimed by the forest.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

It has an American Dream Car exhibit, Europe's largest Formula One collection, and many, many mannequins.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Site of one of World War I's most horrific scenes.