This 11th-century Greek monastery has renowned mosaics and relics of a brutal past.

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

The Kaveri River cuts through the rocky terrain then drops off to form these misty falls.

Inside a beautiful Indian temple is a seemingly magical floating pillar that doesn't touch the ground.

The largest freshwater lake in northeast India is also the only floating national park in the world.

This ancient fortress was once the setting for a strange battle won with the help of a lizard.

This hill is known for its connection to the occult in Slavic tradition.

Kyiv's answer to Muscle Beach is a Soviet-era gym made from scrap metal.

A monument stands at one of the starting lines of the Trans-Canada Highway, formerly the longest uninterrupted highway in the world.

This small island has a dark past as a colony for Chinese lepers and a dropoff point for bootleggers.

This sculpture honors the legacy of Australia's now-defunct, Black Rock Stakes wheelbarrow race.

This engineering marvel is the longest bridge in Canada and one of the longest spans in the world.

This colossal reptile celebrates the history of the now-defunct Canadian Turtle Derby.

An outcropping plays host to the largest collection of pre-contact petroglyphs in Saskatchewan.

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s. 

An abandoned logging settlement nestled in the woods near a popular ski town.

This spectacular mosque houses the second-largest chandelier in the world.

This lonely tomb is all that remains of a once-bustling ancient trade hub visited by Marco Polo.

These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.

A Canadian port town is oddly home to two of the largest tree burls in the world.

This street has over a half-dozen names, all at once.

This space age health spa looks like a supervillain's lair.

Ruins of a former government building destroyed during the Georgian-Abkhaz war in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union.