This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.

Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.

The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.

A unique park tells the geological history of Belarus in a national “map” of thousands of boulders and blue spruce.

A symbolic graveyard for the villages that perished during the Nazi invasion of Belarus.

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet your wish will be granted.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.

At less than four inches in height, this iconic fictional character is the smallest public statue in all of Moldova.

There is a mouldering Jewish cemetery hidden away in the capital of Moldova.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

Men and special assistants stand by the road to sell the day's catch in this lakeside village.

Lebanese castle built by one man, over a lifetime.