Suzhou, China
Luohanyuan Shuangta (Twin Pagodas)
Two nearly identical Chinese pagodas stand side by side, along with ancient stone relics.
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Suzhou, China
Two nearly identical Chinese pagodas stand side by side, along with ancient stone relics.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.
Ushuaia, Argentina
The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.
Ushuaia, Argentina
The southernmost postal office in South America.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.
El Chaltén, Argentina
The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.
Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina
This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.
El Calafate, Argentina
This glacier interpretation center houses the world’s only bar made completely from glacial ice.
Punta Arenas, Chile
A display of hand-built replicas of the legendary vessels used by Patagonian and Antarctic explorers.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.
Tropea, Italy
A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."
Geneva, Switzerland
One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.
Geneva, Switzerland
On the side of a building, a depiction of the woman who became a local legend by tossing soup out her window.
Geneva, Switzerland
During the French annexation, 36 prisoners were executed using this device.
Geneva, Switzerland
A plain wooden seat that once belonged to one of the most prominent figures of the Protestant Reformation.
Geneva, Switzerland
One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.
Geneva, Switzerland
The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds.
Geneva, Switzerland
This stone in Lake Geneva was once the reference point used to determine altitude in Switzerland.
Geneva, Switzerland
An opulent monument built for a duke who donated his entire fortune to the city of Geneva.
Gordola, Switzerland
If James Bond bungee-jumped off the side of a 720-foot dam, would you do it too?