Over 3 miles up in the Himalayas this pass is one of the highest drivable roads in the world.

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

Hundreds of luxurious boats line this gorgeous lake surrounded by mountains.

A grassroots collection showcasing personal objects of family members separated by the post-1971 border between India and Pakistan.

This medieval fortress is (or was till 2017) the home stadium of the football club FC Duruji Kvareli.

Legend says these stone structures are where the doomed citizens of a vanished village sent themselves to die.

Georgia’s answer to Easter Island immortalizes the nation’s great poets, artists, and leaders in stone glory.

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

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

A real small-town gym became the unforgettable home court of the Hickory Huskers in “Hoosiers.”

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

The most peculiar part of Berlin's public transit network is an on-demand rowboat.

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.

The site of slaughterhouses that once satisfied Parisians' taste for horse meat is now home to a park and book market.

This Baltic beauty is rumored to grant a wish and a half.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

This experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India may hold a dark secret.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."