See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.

The 20th-century archaeologist was interred among the ruins of an ancient Roman city.

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

The remains of three different ancient civilizations have been found at this rich archaeological site.

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

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

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

A memorial to those who died at the hands of the Kuomintang while fighting for communism in China.

Home to around 40 different species, this forest was also the setting for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.

Hundreds of large Russian nesting dolls decorate this square, and the largest is a functioning hotel.

The birthplace of modern China.

This film studio and amusement park is considered one of the greatest filming locations in China.