Intricate wood carvings on an island in Siberia.

What was once the base for Russia's first nature reserve is now a ghost town, right on the shore of Lake Baikal.

A self-taught Siberian craftsman creates a fantastical and personal design for his 19th century village house.

This unique wooden mosque resembling a Chinese pagoda was said to be built without the use of nails.

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

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

A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.

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

An abandoned Soviet-era mining town in the mountains of South Kazakhstan.

The oldest continually operating golf course in the United States.

At this small shop off a dirt road in the forest, the specialty is eel the owner caught and smoked himself.

It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.

Grand architectural relics gain a new life in this Pennsylvania warehouse.

Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.

In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.

The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.

This hilltop warren of monastic dwellings is the result of centuries worth of Mongol attacks.

Tibetan-influenced mountain fortress in Northern Pakistan.

The place that allegedly inspired James Hilton's depiction of Shangri-La.