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Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bascarsija

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.
Cherrapunjee, India

The Root Bridges of Cherrapunji

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.
Masyaf, Syria

Musyaf Castle

The Syrian headquarters of alleged hashish-smoking assassins.
Balshoon, Syria

Dead City of Serjilla

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

Palmyra

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.
Urfa, Turkey

Balıklıgöl

A sacred lake with thousands of sacred carp and a biblical history.
Örencik, Turkey

Gobekli Tepe

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.
Baalbek, Lebanon

Baalbek Trilithon

The largest hewn stone in history.
Shibam, Yemen

Shibam

A city built from mud and known as the "Manhattan of the desert."
Shanghai, China

Shanghai's 1933 Slaughterhouse

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.
Manacapuru, Brazil

Ariau Towers

An Amazonian hotel is the ultimate treehouse and provides stilt based accommodation.
Paris, France

Petite Ceinture

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.
Solomon Islands

The World Discoverer

The ship that got left behind.
Maqabil, Oman

Beehive Tombs of Bat

Groups of prehistoric tombs that dot the mountains of northern Oman.
Kish, Iran

Kariz-e-Kish

Hydraulic systems in an ancient underground Iranian city.
Shiraz, Iran

Eram Garden

Named after a legendary garden called Eram in southern Arabia, built by order of Shaddad, an Arab king who wanted to compete with Paradise.
Isfahan, Iran

Pigeon Towers of Iran

These little castles each held thousands of pigeons.
Province of Matera, Italy

The Village of Craco

An Italian hillside ghost town.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria

Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak

UNESCO-protected ancient burial ground.
Gorna krepost, Bulgaria

Perperikon

An ancient Thracian city where fire rituals were practiced on the largest cult altar in Southeast Europe.
Kampot Province, Cambodia

Bokor Hill Station

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.