Tall columns of volcanic basalt make up this improbable-seeming rock formation.

Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.

A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.

This former quarry is now a picturesque gorge that hides a sunken lake.

Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

The largest caravanserai in Cyprus also includes amazing examples of Ottoman architecture.

A unique art center and shop just below a United Nations Checkpoint in central Nicosia.

The animals wander freely amid this gorgeous stretch of nature.

Sex curse discovered on ancient tablet in Cyprus.

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

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

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

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

This modern, multimedia museum takes visitors on an evolutionary journey back in time.

This unique structure allowed boats to bypass underwater mine barriers in the channel to enter the harbor.