If the tunes of antique organs and musical marionettes don't intoxicate you, the draft beer certainly will.

A smug-looking cat representing an humorous Russian expletive.

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

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

Fascinating early attempt at a Jewish autonomous settlement.

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.

Nearly 100 concrete graves lie hidden just beyond the pristine waters along the coast.

A cemetery and the town it served sinks beneath the sea during the volcanic birth of Mt. Vulcan.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

This Philippine island is dotted with (fake) Grecian ruins.

The once-grand remains of this resort are slowly turning into the strange ruins of the future.

The ruins on a deserted tropical island in the Philippines bear the scars of WWII.

Marikina's record-breaking loafers.

A very peculiar and macabre statue calls Tugatog Cemetery home.

In her ancestral home, one chef preserves ancient Filipino recipes and serves up traditional, home-cooked food to history-loving foodies.

Just off the road outside Baguio, a gigantic lion's head carved into a mountain greets those driving by.

This eerie abandoned building with a dark history is said to be one of the most haunted places in the Philippines.

Some locals believe the fabled lost gold of General Yamashida is hiding somewhere beneath the city.

Smoked mummies housed in mountainside caves.

This burial cave houses around 100 ancient coffins, neatly stacked to form a massive wall.

Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.