An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

These tiny cabins on a cableway have been carrying visitors at a Baltic resort down to the beach since 1912.

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

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

A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.

Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.

The unique design was created by the traditional way communal rice paddies were divided among the indigenous people.

The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

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

The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

The place where Czar Peter I of Russia resided in 1697 during his Grand Embassy.

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

A model village fit for an emperor.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

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

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.