Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Sleep in the hay, spin the wheel and eat grain pellets to your heart's delight.

Azerbaijani ghost town, decaying after a war left it an armed forces buffer zone.

The subtle interplay of fire and water is hard to ignore at this remote Jamaican spring.

WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.

Once the hottest nightclub in France, Amnesia now lies in ruins after a 2000 bombing.

Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.

The tragic reality of a town riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

This narrow path was cut right into a French mountainside to feed the country's early naval expansion.

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

This abandoned mansion has a window for every day of the year, and is a temple for ghost hunters.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

Bizarre dirt trail winds a narrow path above the tree line.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.