When the Soviets destroyed the historic Armenian monastery they somehow left its bell tower intact.

The last standing example of an ancient district's teatime tradition.

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

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

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

Scotland's oldest purpose-built concert hall houses an incredible collection of ornate, centuries-old keyboards.

This enormous, elaborate tomb looks oddly out of place next to a suburban Edinburgh bowling club.

The hidden ruins of an old hydroelectric plant reclaimed by nature.

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

Three small rooms in the jungle house the most elaborate and intact murals of the Mayan world.

Remains of the lost church hide beneath this Spanish Parliament building.

The rusted creatures wait to be discovered in Prague's botanical garden.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

A plaque honoring a Hungarian hero of Italy is hidden in plain sight in Palermo.

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

This 17th-century pub once had a hole in its wall so the neighboring blacksmith could easily access beer.

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.