Rusted cars, trucks, and buses form a fascinating collection of Soviet-era machinery.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.