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An abandoned Soviet-era mining town in the mountains of South Kazakhstan.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

Narrow-gauge railway with its own personal power grid.

Is this a portal to another side of the cosmos?

These are probably the most beautifully crafted toilets you've ever seen.

Epicurean and holy traditions converge in what may be the oldest restaurant in Europe.

Bizarrely-painted church designed by a controversial artist.

Two nations form a rare four-sided border at the peak of a mountain, philosophical questions result.

Austria’s oldest brewery makes beer with flaming-hot granite.

Devilish masks, handicrafts, and pieces of old buildings create a snapshot of life in a historic Alpine region.

This spire on an Austrian mountain is wrapped around a long spiral slide and has the world's tallest wooden observation deck.

Part ski resort, part modern art space, this lodge brings giant metal spiders and bloody doors to the Austrian Alps.

This outsider art house has gone from clinical creation to astounding artwork.

The first modernist church in Europe.

Austria's very first and only nuclear power station was completed but never used.

A unique opportunity to stay the night in retrofitted sections of sewer pipe.

Fantastic stories on a miniature railroad.

Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.

A breathtaking viewing platform over the Alps.

This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."

The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.

A glimpse into the festive and private lives of medieval Europe.

An ornate private entrance to the Vienna subway built specifically for the emperor.