Looking for a unifying history, Uzbekistan finds its answer in a 14th Century Turco-Mongol conqueror... despite the fact he wasn't Uzbek.

This isolated and westernmost point of the Faroe Islands archipelago is home to thousands of seabirds.

Legend says this rock spire is the finger of a witch who wanted to throw the Faroe Islands towards Iceland.

Two massive boulders, rocking back and forth with the ebbing of the sea.

Located more than 600 feet beneath sea level, this tunnel boasts the world's first undersea roundabout.

The narrow passages will challenge even the bravest driver.

This mysterious, medieval cathedral remains unbuilt but fiercely protected.

Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.

In Faroese legend, this sinister horse-shaped beast lures unsuspecting passersby only to drown them in the lake.

The abandoned village of Skarð aptly illustrates the idiom "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .

The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

Veryovkina Cave is more than 1.3 miles deep—the deepest known in the world.

Ruins of a former government building destroyed during the Georgian-Abkhaz war in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

Underground monastery and fortress.

The enormous isokinetic structure hangs within a science center in Estonia.

First point in the Struve Geodetic Arc, a 19th century undertaking to measure the Earth's size and shape.

The secret cells in the basement of the KGB's Estonian "Grey House" have been preserved as a grim Cold War museum.

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

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.