In 1927, a biplane disappeared while attempting to complete the first non-stop transatlantic flight between Paris and New York City. This memorial stands at the last place it was seen.

Home to fantastic views and ancient graves.

This mountaintop mariner’s church is packed with model ships and nautical art while hosting an annual maritime festivity for the townsfolk below.

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

700 iron sculptures crammed into a Mediterranean park.

This tiny cafe is one of the last meeting places of its kind, allowing revolutionaries a place to plot.

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

Qatar's oldest market can trace its origins back more than a century.

The shallow, salty inlet was a safe haven for 19th-century pirates.

This spectacular mosque houses the second-largest chandelier in the world.

This remote British Imperial telegraph relay outpost drove men insane.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

This dazzling Art Nouveau mansion is now home to the Modern Art Gallery Subotica.

At this archaeological site, visitors can explore the ruins of the capital of the former Roman province of Moesia.

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

Underneath this Byzantinian church lies a necropolis filled with ancient tombs and the ruins of previous churches.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

Seventy-five miles of limestone caves host more than a million bottles of wine beneath a sleepy Moldovan town.

This 13th century Orthodox monastery is built right into the Moldovan cliffside.

This sign marks the entrance to a tiny proto-state within the small country of Moldova.

An automaton perched above an classic clock and watch store