Beijing, China
The Forbidden City
The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
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Beijing, China
The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
Copenhagen, Denmark
This striking structure, with balconies jutting out like hedgehog spines, combine cutting-edge design with a playful approach to light and space.
Datong, China
A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.
Sokhumi, Georgia
A beautiful but deteriorating monument of Soviet architecture.
Panjin Shi, China
A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.
Batumi, Georgia
Tower with a double-helix spiral, adorned with letters of the Georgian alphabet.
Shengshan Island, China
This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.
Danilovgrad, Montenegro
A swan-like monument on Obad's Hill honors those that defended the area from German invaders during WWII.
Podgorica, Montenegro
This virtually windowless mass of smooth concrete is the only Catholic church in the city.
Ulcinj, Montenegro
On top of a resort town as old as the Bronze Age sits an incredible war memorial statue overlooking the beaches below.
Niksic, Montenegro
An exquisite monument dedicated to fallen Partisan soldiers and anti-fascist fighters of Yugoslavia through symbols of gears and flowers.
Kotor, Montenegro
A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.
Georgia
A gleaming white and undulating tower marks the border between Georgia and Turkey.
Jiayuguan Shi, China
This once-booming oil city is now a relic of the region's industrial past.
Tbilisi, Georgia
This extraordinary, multi-pillared monument depicts the fascinating history of Georgia.
Nanjing, China
Once an imperial lake garden, anyone can now visit this city park.
Tbilisi, Georgia
This extensive collection of vintage Soviet cars is the only one of its kind in the Caucasus.
Cizhong, China
This Tibetan and Naxi village's Honey Rose wine bears the mark of 19th-century French missionaries.
Sukhumi, Georgia
Ruins of a former government building destroyed during the Georgian-Abkhaz war in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union.
Bozhou, China
The largest traditional Chinese medicine market in the world sells ingredients that may make you squirm.
Huizhou, China
A Chinese mining company has created the world's first cloned village in this perfect recreation of an Austrian town.
Georgia
A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.
Guiyang, China
It took an artist 20 years to create this sprawling sculpture garden honoring the area's ancient inhabitants.
Beijing, China
This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.