Built on the side of a mountain, this once poor village has been turned into the "Santorini of Korea"

South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.

This Brutalist building was once the tallest in Romania.

Legendary pedestrian bridge in the centre of Romanian city Sibiu.

This is the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler Vlad III Dracul.

The most impressive example of contemporary Romanian architecture in wood

The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

These rugged, color-stained mountains hold the secrets of the Kazakh desert.

This Soviet statue is based on a piece of propaganda that's been elevated to national myth.

Beatlemania is still going strong... at least in Kazakhstan.

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

This sprawling market is a one-stop shop for traditional Kazakh foods, from mare’s milk to sheep’s head.

Mysterious spherical rocks in the semi-desert of western Kazakhstan.

Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.

A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

This statue took 60 years to complete.

This enormous gold Buddha statue was hidden inside a stucco decoy for centuries.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

This Bangkok high-rise looks like a rudimentary LEGO elephant.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

You can walk up Thailand’s naturally non-slip waterfall.