The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

The largest bottled beer collection in the world holds over 22,000 unique beer bottles.

A little-known cafe in an old copper bridge tower with 360-degree views of the harbor.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

Six beautiful wooden giants are hidden around Copenhagen.

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

Dedicated to a Bolshevik revolutionary, this museum is a true time capsule of the Soviet era.

On the shores of Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Lake, a family cooks a feast that tells the sad tale of a people's exile.

This village was once a thriving Soviet uranium mining center, but is now semi-abandoned and desolate.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

This former Cyprus flight hub is now a crumbling, abandoned ghost complex.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

18m long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

The trunk of this 700-year-old tree measures more than 60 feet around, making it the oldest and largest baobab in Sri Lanka.

Remains of military submarines built in secret jungle factories by the Tamil guerrillas' naval wing.

A neglected bell tower in modern Colombo is a symbol of the city's colonial past.

This space rocket-like Buddhist stupa sits atop two giant arches and can be seen from out at sea.

A massive fallen water tank bombed by the Tamil Tigers in the final stages of the long Sri Lankan Civil War.

This peaceful sanctuary is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Colombo.

The first and only planetarium in Sri Lanka.

This Sri Lankan cemetery is the final resting place of sci-fi legend Sir Arthur C. Clarke.

This peaceful, round shrine in the middle of the Sri Lankan jungle acts as a beacon of peace.

This sacred fig tree with a link to the Buddha is one of the oldest human-planted trees in the world.