This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

An ancient sanctuary that has long been a holy site for the Chaldean Christian Church.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A shipwreck named Desire at the shore of Batumi.

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

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.

This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.

According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.

Bronzes and busts that once stood in the city's main squares are now relegated to a small hidden courtyard.

Gigantic water vessel, permanently grounded in Southern Albania.