Matavun, Slovenia
Skocjan Caves
This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."
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Matavun, Slovenia
This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."
Ljubljana, Slovenia
This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.
Bled, Slovenia
This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.
Pier Ward, Seychelles
This vestige of Seychelles’s colonial past now resides in a busy intersection and didn’t chime for its first 96 years.
Belgrade, Serbia
A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.
Belgrade, Serbia
Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.
Singapore
This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.
Singapore
This house is one of the most colorful in the country, and is the last remaining example of a historic villa.
San Marino, San Marino
Where members of the Crossbow Corps of San Marino demonstrate their skills.
San Marino, San Marino
A historic cavernous cistern lies hidden behind a wall at San Marino’s stamp and coin museum.
San Marino, San Marino
The smaller of the three towers of San Marino is a former prison inaccessible from the ground level.
Apia, Samoa
The "Mother Temple of the Pacific Islands" stands at the center of 20 acres of lush, tropical prayer gardens.
Taga, Samoa
A site of natural wonder and flying coconuts in Samoa.
Soufriere, Saint Lucia
The larger of two volcanic peaks rising out of the crystalline waters of the Caribbean.
Moscow, Russia
The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.
Moscow, Russia
This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Moscow, Russia
Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.
Bucharest, Romania
This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.
Sinaia, Romania
This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.
Bran, Romania
The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."
Doha, Qatar
The building is a gigantic piece of art inspired by the shape of a desert rose.
Doha, Qatar
Qatar's oldest market can trace its origins back more than a century.
Doha, Qatar
Home of the infamous Rug Man of Doha.
Lisbon, Portugal
The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.