A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

One man's labor of love, Amman's oldest home has become a time capsule with its doors permanently open to artists and guests.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

Modern museum, designed for Jihadi tourists.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!

The legend associated with these ruins understates the splendor of the mansion that once stood here.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.