An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

From Coke II to Google Glass, this exhibit features some of the most spectacular commercial flops.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

The gravestone of a famous poet features a fittingly poetic epitaph chosen by the writer himself.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.

This ancient Silk Road outpost overlooking the Wakhan Valley is miraculously still standing.

A building facade covered with the statues of 11 giants of Tajik literature.

The largest dam in the world and the site of a potential disaster.

The lovely lake that was naturally dammed, then naturally destroyed, then unnaturally saved.

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

Beatlemania is still going strong... at least in Kazakhstan.

Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.

What appears to be an act of fruit vandalism is actually a cultural statement.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

Crumbling pyramids and temple ruins stand within the shadow of this sacred butte.