These ruins once flourished as the capital of the Lydian kingdom, often credited with the invention of metal coinage.

Fantastic lake on the heart of a fault line.

The only residents of this abandoned housing development full of identical castles are stray cats and dogs.

Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."

Thousand-year-old trees tower within one of the world's only inland temperate rainforests.