Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.

Pictures tacked onto trees remember the more than 40,000 of Stalin's victims buried here in mass graves.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

An unusual collection of self-made musical instruments and unique noises.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.

UNESCO-protected ancient burial ground.

An homage to the medieval rulers of Bulgaria.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.

A gigantic statue of a Russian soldier watches over the ancient city of Plovdiv, a prominent reminder of the Soviet period in Bulgaria.

A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

A tiny traditional village keeps an ancient method of beekeeping alive.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.