An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.

The English bed-and-breakfast believed to have inspired Emily Brontë's novel "Wuthering Heights."

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

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

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

A former fortified tower now houses a collection of classic communications equipment.

This Bronze Age burial mound used to be called "Robin Hood’s Piss-Pot" until it was renamed by spoilsport Victorians.

Thousand-year-old trees tower within one of the world's only inland temperate rainforests.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

Perched above the bustling town of Kerak is a sprawling, ruinous castle that has witnessed nearly a millennia of Levantine history.

Dozens of elegant ceramic tiles decorate these ancient walls, each displaying the Lord's Prayer in a different language.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

A short volcanic hill in Quito doubles as a stellar observation point of an iconic statue.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

Buy your fish and have it cooked to order in this bustling, eight-floor seafood market.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.