One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

The Greek War of Independence was declared at this medieval Byzantine sanctuary.

The nuns here cultivate silk to weave some of the finest scarves in the world.

This sixth-century church housed an icon with eyes so beautiful legend has it they inspired the name of a Greek city.

Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.

An architectural relic that survived the hands of time.

Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents

Thousands of years of crashing waves gave this mushroom-shaped rock its svelte figure.

An impressive museum dedicated to the resource that made the Scandinavian country rich.

An opportunity to walk in the footsteps of Nobel Peace Prize winners.

Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.

You'll find just about anything in this funky Tbilisi flea market.

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

Nailing a coin to this holy stump is just another way to ask the gods for relief from dental pain.

Empty since 1989, now falling into ruin.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

Marikina's record-breaking loafers.