This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

Walls of VHS tapes adorn this Golden Gai B horror movie themed bar.

A bizarre statue of a Buddhist goddess made from 20,000 insects.

Thanks to a bit of wordplay, seven auspicious stone cats guard this ancient canalside street.

Established hundreds of years ago, Gandan remains the premier Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar.

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

This extraordinary, multi-pillared monument depicts the fascinating history of Georgia.

Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.

Armenia's premier center of astrophysical research was established during the Soviet era.

A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.

"Unity, Creativity, Beauty."

This building has two facades of clashing architectural designs.

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.

An interactive museum-like experience takes visitors back to 1980s Communist Bulgaria.

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

Underneath this Byzantinian church lies a necropolis filled with ancient tombs and the ruins of previous churches.

This small bronze pyramid marks the center of Belgrade, but some say it is a Masonic symbol.

A Serbian church lit by chandeliers made of weapons.

This 135-year-old weather station studied the effects of the climate on human health.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.