Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

The other side is actually green.

Slum Settlement Filled With Mountains of Garbage.

The deadliest diving spot in the world is also a stunning geological marvel.

The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.

Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

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

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.

This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.