A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

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

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

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

Padlocks cover this rickety footbridge with love.

Built in the Soviet era, this cableway system still runs gondolas from Odessa down to Otrada Beach.

Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

A lively circle of dancers in the Georgian capital commemorates an ancient rite of spring.

When the Soviets destroyed the historic Armenian monastery they somehow left its bell tower intact.

With over 10,000 lights, this engineering marvel lights up the city after dark.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

Tower with a double-helix spiral, adorned with letters of the Georgian alphabet.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

A shipwreck named Desire at the shore of Batumi.

This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.

Destruction from Armenia's 1988 earthquake inspired an artist's sculptures of scrap metal.

This building has survived for more than a century and remains virtually untouched.

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.