A sculpture of graceful storks sits atop this fountain in Independence Square.

Rock-cut chamber at top of an outcroup, reached by a mountain stairway of forty steps.

The last operating synagogue in Afghanistan is run by Zablon Simintov, the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

Scrap material from around Eritrea finds a new life at this outdoor market, where upcycling is a lifestyle.

Wander among hulking piles of rusted machinery left over from the Eritrean-Ethiopian War.

Take a ride back in time with a steam locomotive trip through Eritrea’s mountainous countryside.

Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

This quirky collection of furniture also happens to be a public art installation.

This monument celebrates this shopping district's past history as a feudal silver mint.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This archaeological site boasts temple ruins that date back 5,000 years to the Dilmun culture, and may have been described in the tale of Gilgamesh's search for immortality.

Skyscraper powered by wind turbines attached between its towers.

This beautifully historic Bahrain fortress might not be the most popular attraction around, but that might make it all the better.

Destruction from Armenia's 1988 earthquake inspired an artist's sculptures of scrap metal.