This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.

Explore this massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

Natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

The only Roman honorific column in Istanbul.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

Poland's oldest salt mine has nearly everything one needs to live underground forever.

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

Extremely famous in his native country, this Cracovian painter is all but unknown beyond Polish borders.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

Legend holds that this knife serves as a chilling reminder of the deadly rivalry between two local builder brothers.

Remnants from a time before electricity.

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

Krakow's own version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.