Tianjin, China
Tianjin Binhai Library
China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.
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Tianjin, China
China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.
Datong, China
Explore this massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.
Chisinau, Moldova
There is a mouldering Jewish cemetery hidden away in the capital of Moldova.
Beijing, China
This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.
Milestii Mici, Moldova
The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.
Guilin, China
Natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.
Tianshui, China
Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.
Cricova, Moldova
Seventy-five miles of limestone caves host more than a million bottles of wine beneath a sleepy Moldovan town.
Alxa, China
The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.
Guoliang, China
A tunnel dug through the side of a mountain by hand provides convenient yet death-defying access to a small village in China.
Butuceny, Moldova
This 13th century Orthodox monastery is built right into the Moldovan cliffside.
Leshan, China
This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.
Qinhuangdao Shi, China
Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.
Honghe, China
A complex and beautiful system of rice terraces covers a million acres over the mountains.
Yangzhou Shi, China
Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.
Lisbon, Portugal
Tucked away inside this concrete building is a church and its grand display of brutalist architecture.
Kunming, China
270 million year-old forest of stone.
Qujing, China
A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.
Zhangjiajie, China
A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Opened in 1787, this old-world treasure is said to be the oldest restaurant in Copenhagen.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Famous for his giant trolls, Thomas Dambo's lesser-known early work is a creative 3D mural with sustainable birdhouses.
Sønderborg, Denmark
This enchanting spring, steeped in local lore and a touch of royal history, was said to be the place where newborns were collected, rather than being delivered by storks.
Herning, Denmark
Relocated from the Baltics, this bronze figure of the Soviet leader reclines on fork-like supports.
Sachkhere, Georgia
This old Soviet gas station is in perfect condition, one of the best-preserved mosaics in the country.