This crumbling industrial fortress has attracted daredevils, filmmakers, and historians.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

This small museum nestled inside a souvenir shop is dedicated to Sweden's most well-known toy.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

The second largest reclining Buddha in the world got "lost" for over 120 years.

A precariously perched golden rock defies gravity and brings pilgrims from across Myanmar.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

The ruins of this prominent glass factory yield hidden treasures buried among the jungle floor.

Amazingly, this centuries-old wooden monastery is still standing today.

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

Quite possibly the oldest love poem known to humankind.

This historic hotel preserves many treasures from its heyday hosting passengers on the Orient Express.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

A sacred lake with thousands of sacred carp and a biblical history.

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.