Lopar, Croatia
Goli Otok
The only gulag ever to exist in socialist Yugoslavia.
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Lopar, Croatia
The only gulag ever to exist in socialist Yugoslavia.
Strand, Norway
This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.
Oslo, Norway
Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Solovetskiy, Russia
Monastery, army base, and infamous Soviet Gulag in the far Russian north.
Agion Oros, Greece
An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
Site of one of World War I's most horrific scenes.
Bhatiari, Bangladesh
Where giant ships go to die.
Milan, Italy
Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.
Svalbard, Norway
This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.
East Jerusalem, Israel
A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.
Moscow, Russia
The tallest hotel in Europe.
Moscow, Russia
Home of the future Emperors of Russia.
Moscow, Russia
Gargantuan home of Russian science.
Moscow, Russia
Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.
Micronesia
Giant money stones of Yap.
Brussels, Belgium
From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.
Riga, Latvia
Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.
Riga, Latvia
Burlesque Hospital Themed Restaurant.
Moscow, Russia
The "Mystery and Company of Merchant Adventurers" is an Elizabethan-era hangout in Moscow.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.
Berlin, Germany
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Nanwei, Micronesia
The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.