Ercolano, Italy
Herculaneum
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
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Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Rome, Italy
A monumental fountain in Rome features a large statue of Moses that has been criticized for centuries.
Cologne, Germany
The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.
Shanghai, China
This under-visited temple is nestled within one of Shanghai's traditional shikumen-style residential blocks.
Shanghai, China
The powerful party began with a secret meeting in this shikumen in 1921.
Shanghai, China
This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.
Suzhou, China
The earliest pagoda built in the beautiful Panmen Scenic Area of Suzhou.
Shanghai, China
Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.
Shanghai, China
The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.
Nanjing, China
One of the largest, grandest imperial mausoleums was built as the founder of the Ming Dynasty's final resting place.
Naoshima, Japan
A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.
Sirang-ri, South Korea
One of only a handful of seaside temples in Korea, this sacred space is home to a legendary healing Buddha statue and a traffic safety prayer pagoda.
Tokyo, Japan
The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.
Matsumoto, Japan
This small Japanese street is lined with figures, sculptures and a shrine dedicated to frogs.
Matsumoto, Japan
This historic castle is one of the oldest and most impressive in all of Japan.
Matsumoto, Japan
This traditional Japanese shrine is dedicated to four Shinto deities.
Milan, Italy
The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Milan, Italy
This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.
Milan, Italy
Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.
Milan, Italy
Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.
West, Texas
Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.
Chicago, Illinois
The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.