Stocking up on the world's best beer requires a pilgrimage to a monastery drive-through.

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

An overgrown and abandoned tuberculosis ward resides in the midst of a quaint modern neighborhood.

This massive swimming pool is the high tech home to the human-powered submarine races.

Once where royalty entertained guests, this opulent table is now one of the longest in the world.

Scholar, adventurer, saint, and instigator of the Goa Inquisition.

World's tallest monolithic statue has served as a pilgrimage site since its completion in 993 CE.

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

This small and unknown museum recounts the life of Mirabai, a remarkable mystic saint of the 16th century.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

One of the largest megalithic complexes in England, which local legend holds is a wedding party turned to stone by the Devil.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

The memorial gravesite of the young composer of China's national anthem.

This bar is home to what's likely the oldest living jazz band in the world.

This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.

The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

Nicolas Schöffer's massive interactive sculpture was assembled in 1961 and brought back online in 2016.

This abandoned artificial island off the coast of New York City is now home to dozens of harbor seals.

Gigantic water vessel, permanently grounded in Southern Albania.

This extensive collection of vintage Soviet cars is the only one of its kind in the Caucasus.