Despite having a dome made of papier-mâché this tiny observatory has survived for over a century.

Just outside of Jordan's capital lies an ancient castle and intriguing caves dating back to the Copper Age.

A bathhouse from the second Islamic Caliphate decorated with frescoes of constellations, pleasure gardens, and naked ladies.

A ghost village sits atop a mountain within Jordan’s largest biosphere reserve.

Concentrated around the Dead Sea, these surprising canyons are filled with coursing water, fish, and even crabs.

A Japanese video game arcade hides in the back of a Swedish pool hall.

Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.

This abandoned, partly demolished building is now home to beautiful graffiti and murals.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

This tiny cabin was home to one of Iceland's most famous painters and was the only land he ever owned.

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.