This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

Established hundreds of years ago, Gandan remains the premier Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar.

Ancient site of Mongolian Shamanism located near a road leading out of Ulaanbaatar.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

Ecuador’s historic seat of government has been quietly looted in recent decades, and no one knows how or by whom.

The heartbeat of modern Uzbekistan’s thriving market culture.

The world's most elegant power lines.

This is one of the last surviving structures of a once vast palace complex.

This religious site features Nepal’s largest statue of Buddha.

A hike outside of the town of Zuun Mod will take visitors to a monastery complex steeped in Mongolian history.

Hidden beneath a restaurant, underground tunnels tell the story of Malta’s tragic role in World War II.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

Seven beautiful 1,000-year-old rock-cut Buddhist statues.

First mosque in Canada, second in North America.

Local authorities nearly destroyed this mural before a viral video rallied international support to save it.

The tomb of one of the greatest travelers in history.

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

Somber memorial to the May 10, 1933, book-burning which took place on this spot.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.