One of Ayutthaya’s most iconic locations is a mysterious, hauntingly surreal miracle.

One of the word's deepest gorges is also tied to a fantastic legend.

270 million year-old forest of stone.

The home where the first Premier of the People's Republic of China worked and lived.

The birthplace of modern China.

The powerful party began with a secret meeting in this shikumen in 1921.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

A symbol of hope, survival, and national character, especially after it rose phoenix like from the flames.

Celebrating the history of Hangul, the Korean writing system invented by King Sejong to improve his realm’s literacy.

The supreme shrine of the state.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

This Khmer temple is named after a young woman who sacrificed herself to protect the city from a disastrous deluge.

A special area of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples is located inside a metro station.

This medieval city gate is now a blend of the past and the modern world.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

These abundant, over-the-top monuments are so widely scattered that they define the entire compact capital cityscape, often leading to jokes about whether there are more statues than residents.

Not the result of an accident, hurricane, or aliens, this is an eye-popping tribute to the Melbourne tram.

Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.

A firefighting museum housed in a historic station whose Lookout Tower watches over Melbourne.

This 2008 memorial commemorates two leading Aboriginal Australian rights activists.