Liwale, Tanzania
Selous Game Preserve
The largest game reserve in Africa is home to thousands of species but refuses to house humans.
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Liwale, Tanzania
The largest game reserve in Africa is home to thousands of species but refuses to house humans.
Zanzibar, Tanzania
Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.
Lindesnes, Norway
The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.
Eydhafushi, Maldives
The world's seventh-largest coral reef contains an incredible amount of biodiversity.
Kudahuvadhoo, Maldives
Fine dining 20 feet below the surface in the Indian Ocean.
Athens, Greece
The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.
Vaadhoo, Maldives
Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.
Butrint, Albania
A scenic UNESCO site that doubles as a habitat for various forms of wildlife.
Samovodene, Bulgaria
A mysterious tunnel hidden in the shadows of a colorful, historic sanctuary.
Bucharest, Romania
An abandoned pasta factory in the centre of Bucharest, once home to Bulgarian revolutionaries and a hub of crime.
Shipka, Bulgaria
A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.
Bucharest, Romania
The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.
Bucharest, Romania
This metro station doubles as an unintentional paleontology museum.
Washington, D.C.
The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.
Bucharest, Romania
The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.
Bucharest, Romania
This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.
Snagov Island, Romania
This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).
Sinaia, Romania
This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.
Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Bran, Romania
The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."
Theth, Albania
Once a safe haven for locals engaged in blood feuds, this 400-year-old fortified tower is now a museum showing what life was like for those lying in wait within its walls.
Elbasan County, Albania
Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.
Krujë, Albania
A temple dedicated to the 13th-century Alevi Turkish dervish credited with bringing Islam to the Balkans.
Tirana, Albania
A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.