A prehistoric route that has claimed many victims is now closed to traffic.

Six paintings reminding you that death is integral part of everyday life.

If you ever wanted to touch a medieval mercenary’s three testicles, look no further.

A museum entirely dedicated to the evolution of mining lamps.

A museum entirely dedicated to Bergamo’s tradition of puppetry.

Five painted skeletons are hiding behind a church in this tiny village in the Italian Alps.

This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.

An amalgam of precariously balanced boulders, ancient petroglyphs, and Buddhist shrines.

At this ancient settlement at the foot of Mount Babadağ, honeycomb tombs are carved into a round cliff.

The remains of a former colonial fort on a stretch of beach that is occasionally visited by crocodiles.

One of Indonesia's tallest, this waterfall takes a 390-foot plunge into the Lake Toba caldera.

This church houses the tomb—but not the remains—of St. Nicholas, the likely progenitor to Santa Claus.

Limestone outcrop decorated with a large laser engraving of the Buddha.

In the middle of a busy residential neighborhood, a small roofless church being reclaimed by nature.

These tiered rice paddies were carved into the hillsides 2,000 years ago.

The remains of a Zoroastrian temple that bore witness to a time when Aden was a flourishing trading hub.

A little-known caravanserai hidden among farmhouses in the Turkish countryside.

This Khmer-era temple includes a lintel that was stolen and displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago for years before returning to Thailand.

One of the oldest colonial buildings still standing in South America.

Trees emerge from the surface of this small man-made reservoir.

Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.

A quaint village where bomb casings from the Second Indochina War have been repurposed into mundane objects.

The trunk of this 700-year-old tree measures more than 60 feet around, making it the oldest and largest baobab in Sri Lanka.

According to myth, there's a bloody explanation for the beautiful bright red color of this rock formation set amidst alpine vegetation.