Xianyang, China
Chinese Pyramids of Xian
Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.
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Xianyang, China
Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.
Hong Kong
Thousands of abandoned statues of deities are taken to this hillside in southern Hong Kong.
Huizhou, China
A Chinese mining company has created the world's first cloned village in this perfect recreation of an Austrian town.
Guangzhou, China
Three floors above a 2,000-year-old royal tomb is a rare collection of ancient porcelain pillows.
Guangzhou, China
A fantastic assortment of China's finest and most disturbing wares.
Bozhou, China
The largest traditional Chinese medicine market in the world sells ingredients that may make you squirm.
Somerville, Massachusetts
This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.
Somerville, Massachusetts
Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.
Somerville, Massachusetts
This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.
Somerville, Massachusetts
This Massachusetts home was the first to have a telephone line and its own phone number: 1.
Medford, Massachusetts
Dedicated to "the father of U.S. life insurance."
Watertown, Massachusetts
Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.
Winthrop, Massachusetts
The oldest continuously inhabited private home in the United States.
Harvard, Massachusetts
Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.
San Francisco, California
Wander down a side street dedicated to one of the members of the Beat Generation.
Herning, Denmark
Relocated from the Baltics, this bronze figure of the Soviet leader reclines on fork-like supports.
Durham, England
A tile mosaic displaying a saying from the prophet Muhammad presents the mission of Durham University's Oriental Museum.
Minoh, Japan
Try maple leaf tempura at the trailside shop that brought it back from oblivion.
Zaragoza, Spain
This 11th-century fortress is now the seat of Aragon’s state legislature.
Berlin, Germany
Keep your eyes out for this "ghost" and walking pun.
Odessa, Delaware
This historic Georgian mansion contains a hidden room that was used to harbor a fugitive in the days of the Underground Railroad.
Athens, Greece
This century-old, family-run bakery specializes in loukoumades, a Greek doughnut once served to ancient Olympians.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Denmark’s ultra-modern library hides a treasury of rare, unique books.
Brussels, Belgium
This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.