People can't get enough of these adorable Japanese photobooths.

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

Flames have been burning within this mountain for more than 2,500 years.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

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

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.

A tiny park in the middle of some big power politics.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

This Soviet statue is based on a piece of propaganda that's been elevated to national myth.

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

Beatlemania is still going strong... at least in Kazakhstan.

Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.

Built entirely of interlocking pieces, construction of this Chinese Muslim house of worship required zero nails.

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

A boulder carved into the shape of the cosmonaut's head.

Time capsule of a museum, in which the Soviet Union remains alive and kicking.

This retro, UFO-like structure is a remnant of the Soviet-era circus.