Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.

A stone marker and sculpture in the city of Riga stake a claim for the very first community Christmas tree.

In an isolated field near a dilapidated barn stands this chilling portrayal of the plight of the Nuba peoples of Sudan.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

A remarkably intact castle that once was the largest in Ireland.

The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.