Shanghai, China
Shanghai French Concession
An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.
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Shanghai, China
An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.
Shanghai, China
The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.
Datong, China
Explore this massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.
Guilin, China
Natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.
Shanghai, China
Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.
Rome, Italy
This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.
Rome, Italy
Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.
Rome, Italy
A Nesting Doll of Churches.
Vatican City
Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.
Rome, Italy
The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Rome, Italy
A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.
Beijing, China
This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.
Beijing, China
This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.
Beijing, China
A progressive LGBTQ hub offers dancing, HIV testing, art, and more.
Beijing, China
This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.
Beijing, China
Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.
Beijing, China
The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
One of the oldest of its kind.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.