This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

The world’s largest LED display, built over an F1 race circuit.

Feed it cash, get your very own gold bar.

Over the dunes of the Empty Quarter, the mysterious music of the desert.

The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.

The world's largest ship graveyard is the product of decades of corruption.

Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

This park on the outskirts of Rome boasts two ancient Roman aqueducts and a medieval tower.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.

The tiny statues form China's only known terracotta army from the Han dynasty.

Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.

These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.

A vibrant street away from the typical tourist track, lined with colorful, mosaic-covered houses.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.