This enormous sports car themed amusement park is home to the world’s fastest roller coaster.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

This elevator was built in 1907 to connect two neighborhoods separated by a steep, rocky cliff.

One of the newest mosques in a city filled with thousands.

Brawny guys rolling around in oil is the oldest regular sporting event besides the Olympics.

A surprising and unconventional mosque hidden in the subsoil of Istanbul.

The eclectic home of a leading Turkish architect is a gorgeous piece of eye candy.

This hidden gem is bathed in beautiful natural light.

The only residents of this abandoned housing development full of identical castles are stray cats and dogs.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

The ancient abodes are a testament to human ingenuity amid harsh climates.

The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

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

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

Welcome to the world's only museum dedicated to the Ukranian Easter egg.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

The ruins of an abandoned church loom within a picturesque Ukranian village.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

The largest catacomb system in the world.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

A nuclear power plant abandoned along with an international allegience.