The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

These ruins by the Dead Sea is where John the Baptist met his untimely end.

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

This small shrine is dedicated to the designer of the first Russian fighter jet and his brother, who became Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.

The observation point offers spectacular views of the ruins of an ancient Armenian capital.

Hundreds of intricately carved Armenian stone crosses can be found within this huge cemetery.

Atop a small Armenian hilltop adorned with many forms, and carvings, these stones tell a whimsical tale from a fictional world.

Called the "Armenian Stonehenge," this ring of menhirs pierced with holes may be a prehistoric astronomical observatory.

Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.

Armenia's premier center of astrophysical research was established during the Soviet era.

This little medieval church hidden in the center of Yerevan was lost and rediscovered—twice.

Local legend says that whoever burns down this 2,000-year-old tree will only have seven days to live.

The ruins of a medieval monastery built on a perilous slope.

Nestled in a peaceful valley, this Armenian monastery may have been saved from Mongols thanks to the eyes of God.

The luxurious circular mansion built for a Communist leader now lies abandoned.

The world's longest nonstop reversible cable car soars through spectacular scenery to the medieval Tatev Monastery.

This ancient monastery complex was transformed from an island to a peninsula when the lake was partially drained.

This series of Armenian caves held the oldest brain, shoe, and winery in the world.