Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.

A WWII museum that tries to reenact history.

A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.

Yup, that's a 330-foot yacht passing over the highway.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

This architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.

This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.

Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.

This Ukranian fortress is one of the best-preserved medieval castles in Europe.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

This Arab fortress was once the largest citadel in Western Europe.

Festival of Perpetual Life and Rebirth.

This abandoned Croatian stronghold never saw a great deal of conflict but it is still a beloved relic nonetheless.

Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.