Crafted from ocean litter, this sculpture highlights the ills of overconsumption.

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."

Grotesque statues of figures from Buddhist hell haunt the temple's Sin Park.

This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.

These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.

A stunning example of traditional salt production set against a dramatic volcanic landscape.

On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.

Ninety years after his execution, the man accused of starting the Reichstag fire was given a final resting place.

This 7th-century monastery was sacked by Saladin.

Where the White Nile River dramatically cascades between Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert in Uganda.

An untouched lava tube accessible to the adventurers.

What many consider the original prime meridian and westernmost point of the old world.

This Canary island is a quintessential example of nature’s beauty, and its unbridled fury.

An open-air museum showing how people on El Hierro lived from the time of the first settlers until the late 20th century.

Bronzes and busts that once stood in the city's main squares are now relegated to a small hidden courtyard.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

In the heart of Tirana, this underground nuclear bunker has been transformed into a museum.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

A memorial to the atrocities of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania.

Once a safe haven for locals engaged in blood feuds, this 400-year-old fortified tower is now a museum showing what life was like for those lying in wait within its walls.

A fascinating little project dedicated to preserving the charming historic doors of Durrës.

The largest Roman amphitheater in the Balkans once held over 20,000 people, but managed to lay hidden for hundreds of years.

One of the best examples of a Byzantine period monument in Albania.