The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.

A bloody history is captured in this former prison turned museum.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The smallest country in the world.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

This centuries-old tree tells an unusual tale of vegetation and fertility in the desert.

This abandoned-looking amusement park is frighteningly open for business.

North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."

A 2200 year old vessel may have been able to keep a charge.