Rusted structures stand like ghosts of Cyprus' 6,000-year-old copper industry.

These ruins disappear beneath the waves every winter.

The site of a prison camp where Cypriot resistance fighters were held in the 1950s.

The largest caravanserai in Cyprus also includes amazing examples of Ottoman architecture.

The eccentric midcentury home of a suspected mafia gun-runner.

The animals wander freely amid this gorgeous stretch of nature.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.

Sex curse discovered on ancient tablet in Cyprus.

A crumbling ghost town with prime views of the dam that doomed it.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

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

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.