This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

Rent a barrel for a personal view of where the Baltic Sea meets the Gulf of Riga.

The monastery survived the Communist revolution in Mongolia as a religious museum.

A rare double mill nestled along the banks of the Aa river.

A true Valhalla for cactus and succulent lovers.

An ingenious way to immortalize the inventor of universal time.

An impressive piece of infrastructure that seems outsized when considering it serves an island with a population of less than 300.

A medieval device used to punish and shame wrongdoers still hangs outside the village church.

The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

It's unclear what caused the fire that led to this opulent hotel's demise.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

This fresco inside a Serbian cave church has been a source of disagreement.

This natural monument has an origin story steeped in legend.

This fortress-like monastery is covered with intricate frescoes.

After sitting unused for decades, this abandoned communist infrastructure became a wildlife utopia.

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

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

Horse cemetery on the grounds of Blarney Castle.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

A mass grave for victims of an airline disaster that led to much-needed safety improvements for commercial flights.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.