This 15th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery also contained a school for illuminating manuscripts.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

No one is sure what to do with this WWII shipwreck that sits at the bottom of the Thames, still loaded with tons of explosives.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

Right up until the 20th century this network of man-made caves was the biggest village in Eastern Armenia.

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Quirky movable sculptures have been racing through the town since 1983.

This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Worlds' largest inhabited river island.

A tribute to a vessel involved in the notorious Larne gun-running.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.