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

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

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

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

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

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

Built to transport German U-boats through the never-completed Masurian Canal, the locks near this Polish village are now home to a rope course.

People in Poland have rallied to save this unnatural desert from being reclaimed by the forest.

Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.

An abandoned football stadium with a tragic past.

This oddly beautiful water cistern is a techno-temple to the wet stuff and a multimedia masterpiece.

This mysterious and once-grand memorial still embodies a remarkable architectural vision.

Polish luminaries and masterful folk art find sanctuary in this unique cemetery.

Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.

A bronze replica of an elm tree that honors the victims that perished in Pawaik Prison.

Ruins of a late 1950s Polish ski jump ramp in the middle of the city.

This now-defunct synthetic fuel plant was once a major cog in the Nazi war machine.

The majority of the highest mountain in Poland is actually located in a different country.

The giant metal fruit was once the symbol of a large farm.

This unique railroad museum secretly contains the history of Poland rebuilding itself from the inside-out.

This hilltop ruin is of the hundreds of stone columns built in tribute to the first German chancellor.

The two abandoned overpasses are among the largest bridges in Poland.