The religious shrine that Pablo Escobar's men would allegedly visit before completing a mission.

This exceptional home was a 32-year labor of love by a man determined to build his wife the most beautiful stone house in the world.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

The massive steel ring looks like it could be China’s first Stargate.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

An ancient Chinese temple where even the emperor dressed like a farmer in the name of the harvest.

A chinese farmer builds robots from scrap.

A progressive LGBTQ hub offers dancing, HIV testing, art, and more.

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.

This working replica of the 'Friends' coffee shop is more accurate to the show than the set itself.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

This temple located on a vertical drop of a rocky mountain houses relics from the Song Dynasty.

These excavated burials from the Tarim Basin are wrapped in mystery.

A lush desert oasis in the shape of a narrow crescent.

Hundreds of caves filled with thousands of centuries-old statues and murals.

The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

Monks turned this mountain into a temple by digging grottoes, tunnels, and a huge pagoda-like hall.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

This eatery re-creates dishes from the Ottoman Empire so you can dine like a sultan.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.