Shanghai, China
Oriental Pearl Tower
The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.
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Shanghai, China
The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.
Xuzhou, China
These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.
Beijing, China
This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.
Beijing, China
This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.
Beijing, China
This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.
Beijing, China
The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
Český Krumlov, Czechia
Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Bratislava, Slovakia
The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.
Prague, Czechia
Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.
Prague, Czechia
Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.
Prague, Czechia
Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
York, England
This aircraft museum is home to one of just three Halifax bombers in the world.
York, England
An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.
North Yorkshire, England
This disused Cold War bunker has been restored to all of its early 60s glory.
York, England
Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.
John o' Groats, Scotland
The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.
Strathcarron, Scotland
This single-track road rewards brave drivers with stunning Scottish scenery.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.
Motobu, Japan
One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.