A unique museum dedicated to the famed Soviet director and other cinema greats.

This ornate church has survived Nazi and Soviet occupation, including a short stint as a Soviet-era gymnasium and cinema.

This enigmatic artifact remained buried in a churchyard for years.

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

Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.

A top secret Cold War bunker hidden beneath a Latvian spa facility is now open for tours.

Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.

Every summer, the Mendenhall River greenbelt comes alive with an explosion of magenta flowers.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.