A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

In La Paz's huge, city-sized cemetery, the deceased are stored in rows of apartment-like buildings.

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

A preserved oasis with traditional Andalusian-style architecture and beautiful views of the Nile.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

No one knows who built this strange cave of worship or exactly why.

The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

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

The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.

9,000 years of carnal history is on display at China's original Museum of Sex.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

Ride in 1960s style on the private luxury train Marshal Josip Tito used to travel around Yugoslavia.

A Serbian church lit by chandeliers made of weapons.

An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.