This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

This shrine to film's most iconic wasteland wanderer is located in the very outback where the movies were shot.

Twelve sculptures designed to make their best showing with the coming or going of the sun.

Mongolian Buddhists believe this monastery in the Gobi desert to be the center of the world's spiritual energy.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

This Jewish bakery, among the last in the region, sells legendary sweets from a century-old storefront.

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

One of the last examples of Soviet architectural propaganda has a few technological tricks up its sleeve.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

What happened to the three lighthouse keepers who vanished from this place remains a mystery over a century later.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

The largest collection of historical roller skates in the world.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.