After fleeing the Syrian civil war, chef Malakeh Jazmati began serving exceptional renditions of her homeland's cuisine in Berlin.

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.

The immortal Hollywood star rests in peace in an unassuming Swiss village cemetery.

Beautiful antiques and obscure engineering artifacts trace the evolution of phones from rare luxuries to ubiquitous.

A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

A relic of World War I that now exist as a piece of public art.

Electrical curiosity museum housed in an old transformer station.

This medieval Estonian tower provides access to a series of tunnels that have been home to soldiers, punks, and fine art.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

This beautiful train graveyard is one of the largest collections of steam locomotives in the Mediterranean and Europe.

Mediterranean castle on a tiny Turkish island.

A section of the long chain that blocked enemy ships from entering Constantinople.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

Housed in an old British jail, this spot serves up Georgian, Russian, and Ukrainian specialities with a side of Turkish history.

This eatery re-creates dishes from the Ottoman Empire so you can dine like a sultan.

Once a major stop on the Hejaz Railway, this desert station (complete with steam locomotive) has been abandoned for decades.

In between two buildings in Ljubljana, medieval tunnel to nowhere.

This former railway facility is the oldest in Slovenia, and now houses a museum showcasing the history of steam locomotives.

A deeply beautiful 15th-century stepwell with a tragic story.

The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.

The remains of Alfred Nobel's first nitroglycerine factory can still be found on the shores of a Swedish bay.

A hidden bathhouse in one of Stockholm's oldest and busiest neighborhoods is open to anyone who can find it.