Inside this mansion turned museum, the works of prominent Croatian artists are on full display.

The bank's whimsical shape was inspired by a child’s toy.

A collection of Lenin busts and other Soviet Era statues sit idly behind the Semipalatinsk Hotel.

At first glance, this area seems like just another city park, but the lush landscape hides a dark past.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

She asked for a potato cellar and over the next 23 years he gave her a network of holy caves.

One of the last examples of Soviet architectural propaganda has a few technological tricks up its sleeve.

The largest salt lake in the Sahara is mysteriously alluring.

Some believe this abandoned Brutalist masterpiece inspired George Lucas's Sandcrawler.

An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

This former Nazi labor camp is now a poignant memorial, complete with giant Soviet-style monuments.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

A beautiful photography exhibition space housed in a former church.

A crumbling World War I fort that is reached through a series of concrete tunnels.

Founded in the 4th-century, the town of Pernik plays host to the Surva Carnival⁠—a magnificent display of masked Kukeri dancers.

A graveyard of old and rare planes that once were the glory of Persian aviation.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.

Like Mars, but much closer.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.