The largest seated Buddha statue in Japan is the centerpiece of an abandoned complex in a quiet, seaside town.

From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.

Wander around the extensive remains of this 12th-century medieval church.

This fascinating abbey is considered the oldest monastery in the region.

A winery built on the site of a Gallo-Roman estate uses historical tools to recreate ancient vintages.

A deserted medieval village where bodies were once mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead.

This archaeological site built into a tuff outcrop is filled with rock dwellings, the ruins of a medieval castle, and a necropolis.

This underpass became an unlikely piece of cinematic history after its appearance in 'A Clockwork Orange.'

This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.

This 6th-century church honors St. Tudno, the patron saint of Llandudno.

No one is quite sure of the origins of these idyllic natural hot springs at an abandoned mountain resort.

The remains of a former colonial fort on a stretch of beach that is occasionally visited by crocodiles.

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

This small hermitage on Mount Scalambra was built near what some believe is the miraculous imprint of Saint Benedict's hand.

This hermitage celebrates the legend of Emperor Constantine's healing from leprosy.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

Seventy-five miles of limestone caves host more than a million bottles of wine beneath a sleepy Moldovan town.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

Ghosts of France's colonial past.

This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.