This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

This wildlife trust is dedicated to orphaned elephant rescue and conservation.

The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

A 300-kilogram egg sculpture that embodied a neighborhood revival.

This striking structure is the Socialist-modernist centerpiece of a former Soviet spa resort.

An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.

Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

Ever-growing collection of devils in art.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

Kenyan restaurant is a carnivore's paradise, serving exotic meats at its ultimate 'Beast of a Feast.'