Nestled at the southern end of the Bay of Vlore in Albania resides ruins that contain Illyrian, Greek, and Roman influences.

Called the "Armenian Stonehenge," this ring of menhirs pierced with holes may be a prehistoric astronomical observatory.

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

The cave holds a spectacular array of stalactites and stalagmites, including one shaped like a giant human heart.

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.

The last standing example of an ancient district's teatime tradition.

The largest piece of no man's land left on Earth.

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

Dedicated to a Bolshevik revolutionary, this museum is a true time capsule of the Soviet era.

These oldest of these "embroidered stones" were carved 4,000 years ago in a high mountain valley.

The remains of three different ancient civilizations have been found at this rich archaeological site.

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

A crumbling ghost town with prime views of the dam that doomed it.

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

Lebanon's highest point offers expansive views, martian terrains, and eerie ski lifts.

The largest hewn stone in history.

This remote mountain shrine is one of the most sacred Zoroastrian temples remaining in the world.

A dreamy mausoleum honors Persia's most famous poet.

A Moroccan getaway in the mountain range that plays the Himalayas' stunt double.

What started as makeshift fishermen's housing has grown into a massive, floating community.

This Nigerian nature reserve is home to the longest canopy walkway in Africa.

Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.