One of the most photographed locations in the entire city.

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

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

Hidden behind musical flora and forgotten for over a thousand years, this cave is now a neon dream.

Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

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

A medieval tower, dating back to the 12th century, lingers in the Roman countryside.

Since 1999, this gelateria founded by a string instrument maker has been turning out some of Rome’s best scoops.

When this 400-year-old fountain fell into disrepair, officials covered the mess up with what looks like a giant soup tureen.

An expansive collection donated by an heirless nobleman formed this admission-free civic museum.

Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.

Remnants of a 4th-century church with vivid medieval frescoes and ancient sarcophagi hide beneath this old basilica.

The ruins of an abbey believed to have been founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century.

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

Scars of this building's past life as a violent prison still cover its walls.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.