Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

This museum was invented in a novel before being made real by the author.

This shuttered power plant is now Turkey's first industrial archaeology museum.

Large miniature theme park with 100-plus models.

The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

Step back in time and witness the fall of Constantinople.

This former Imperial summer home was the venue for a royal slap that once echoed 'round the world.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

This circular Iranian jail was once a political prison run by the country's secret police.

An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

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

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

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

The eclectic home of a leading Turkish architect is a gorgeous piece of eye candy.

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

The second-largest Jewish temple in Bulgaria was deserted after World War II, seized by the communist government and then abandoned again.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

These massive moving sand dunes have swallowed an entire village and are still on the run.

Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.

The world’s narrowest house makes for an awkward, four-foot-wide living space.

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