Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

Monks turned this mountain into a temple by digging grottoes, tunnels, and a huge pagoda-like hall.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

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

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

A beloved tribute to the Fab Four and the freedoms they inspired.

The mummified remains of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, Russia's most important Buddhist.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

One of the world's largest swinging bells is a symbol made from the melted aftermath of war.

Hundreds of people walk past this palm tree every day without spotting its secret.