A castle perched precariously over the Crimean Sea.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

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

In Spain, the ruins of a Roman military camp sit along a flooded section of a river.

A semi-abandoned village destroyed by U.S. bombings during World War II dominates the valley of Turano.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

The world's spiciest ice cream comes from Glasgow.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

A subterranean relic of the Spanish Civil War hides below this picturesque park.

The world's largest bamboo labyrinth is a living demonstration of the plant’s immense potential.

A strange anthropomorphic stele with a mysterious inscription that has never been deciphered.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Once known for its horse-powered knife sharpening, this 200-year-old shop offers an array of blades and hard-to-find culinary tools.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

Just saying the name of this town out loud is said to bring bad luck.