The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

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

A recent addition to the Suzhou skyline, heralding the ‘Gateway to the Orient’, is commonly ridiculed for looking like a big pair of trousers

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

A cornucopia of gargoyles adorns the oldest portion of Oxford’s Magdalen College.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.

A unique sculpture calls the outside of this steakhouse home.

According to myth, there's a bloody explanation for the beautiful bright red color of this rock formation set amidst alpine vegetation.

Built entirely of interlocking pieces, construction of this Chinese Muslim house of worship required zero nails.

Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.

Dedicated to the lives lost during a fatal stampede in the Nyamiha Station.

An impressive monument to Poland's independence.

A cluster of headless, armless sculptures looms within a popular Polish park.

A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.