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This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

According to legend, the Devil left a footprint behind after an epic showdown with a traveling priest.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

A perfectly restored 17th-century hammam in the heart of Lahore.

This mosque was built overnight as an act of defiance against the British colonial authorities.

Forgotten for decades, the first medical school built in Communist China is full of surprises today.

A quiet ode to Communist China's propaganda machine, including a newspaper edited by Mao Zedong's own hand.

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

One of China's last communal villages wears its ideals on its sleeve.

A museum at a Chinese university is the first of its kind in the country.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

With former lives as a bomb shelter and government parking lot, this shop is one of China’s most extraordinary locales for book-lovers.

A massive underground palace containing a colossal reclining Buddha statue and the only Buddha parietal bone relic in the world.

This Cold War–era underground city includes offices for Mao Zedong and Lin Biao.

At nearly 1,000 feet long, this astonishing glass suspension bridge is one of the longest in the world.

The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.

This top secret Chinese military megaproject is the world’s largest human-made tunnel structure.

An impactful museum ensures notorious war crimes disguised as "medical experimentation" won't soon be forgotten.

Huge herds of Asian elephants can be seen walking, bathing, and just chilling at this Sri Lankan park.

To gaze upon the visage of Sri Lanka's biggest Buddha, one must first pass through the Tunnel of Hell.

Beautiful and terrifying masks displayed in the island’s only mask library.