This striking icon of the disputed Republic of Artsakh caused a stir at a Eurovision Song Contest.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

Two of the few remaining life-sized Greek bronzes were submerged in the sea for over 2,000 years.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

This sign marks the entrance to a tiny proto-state within the small country of Moldova.

This 13th century Orthodox monastery is built right into the Moldovan cliffside.

At this 16th-century monastery in rural Bulgaria, visitors can also spend the night.

An uninhabited village that preserves and documents rural architecture and an endangered way of life.

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

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

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

At 22 feet tall, these Bronze Age monoliths are some of the tallest standing stones in the United Kingdom.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

Overlooking the seaside town of Margate stands a tribute to an artist's lover.

A massive collection of petroglyphs dating back some 40,000 years.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

In the middle of a busy residential neighborhood, a small roofless church being reclaimed by nature.

This densely-packed cluster of buildings was saved from the wrecking ball and turned into an art community.

A seven-century-old jail tells a not-so-pleasant history of crime and punishment.

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.

A little-known caravanserai hidden among farmhouses in the Turkish countryside.