Hong Kong
Noonday Gun
This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.
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Hong Kong
This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.
Hong Kong
Hidden on top of a ferry terminal is a nifty statue of three dolphins, and one of Hong Kong's best sunset viewpoints.
Hong Kong
Glass-fronted lifts give riders panoramic views of the skyline and the sensation of floating above Hong Kong.
Hong Kong
One of the Hakka "ghost villages" of Plover Cove famed for its haunted locked compass legend.
Hong Kong
Two cannon-like cranes were installed on top of the bank building to fend off bad feng shui.
Hong Kong
Take a cruise with no movement but plenty of style in this one-of-a-kind boat mall.
Macao
These pastel-colored homes were built when the island of Macau was a Portuguese colony.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rejoice at Amsterdam's ‘pop temple,’ a former church reborn as a raucous music venue.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Elegant marble and old vaults fill this historic Dutch bank turned office space.
Shenzhen Shi, China
130 replicas of world wonders squeezed into just 118 acres of space.
Kowloon, Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, a fairytale flower tunnel is hidden within the gardens of a public housing complex.
Larnaca, Cyprus
The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.
Yerevan, Armenia
Hidden 2600-year-old Urartian tomb is located in close proximity to a busy shopping mall.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Folky pharmaceuticals abound in this medicinal reliquary.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Described as one of the Baltic region’s most daring and original construction projects.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A wide array of locomotives call this outdoor museum home.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A 300-kilogram egg sculpture that embodied a neighborhood revival.
Vilnius, Lithuania
The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A century-old prison in the heart of Vilnius is now a lively bar, dance club, and artist residency.
Vilnius, Lithuania
The largest coin pyramid in the world is a carefully balanced stack of over 1,000,000 pieces.
Vilnius, Lithuania
This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.
Vilnius, Lithuania
These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.
Vilnius, Lithuania
An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.