An eccentric collection of antique items shares space with a prop-quality witchcraft museum.

Some claim these desert ruins are from the legendary "Atlantis of the Sands."

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

Along the side of the road on a small Japanese island is an extensive garden of uniquely designed Shisa statues.

These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.

This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.

Ruins of an old water tower that look like a horror-film castle.

Lebanon's highest point offers expansive views, martian terrains, and eerie ski lifts.

Mummies preserved naturally for seven centuries.

The ruins of a monumental tower in the heart of Lebanese mountains still puzzle archeologists.

A patchwork of ruins from various civilizations in one of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities.

This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.

A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.

One of the oldest monasteries in the world is a key pilgrimage site for both Muslims and Christians.

This ancient mountain monastery welcomes all manner of faith in an effort to keep Christians in Syria.

What is left of the pillar of Saint Simeon, the voluntary martyr who climbed the column to give his sermons, remaining perched there for thirty-seven years.

The Syrian headquarters of alleged hashish-smoking assassins.

A 1,500-year-old ghost settlement is slowly fading away.

Ruins of the Crusaders' headquarters.

This basement museum explores the art and artistry of fascism.

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.