Paju, South Korea
Dora Observatory
The best place for scenic views of the DMZ and North Korea.
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Paju, South Korea
The best place for scenic views of the DMZ and North Korea.
Paju, South Korea
Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.
Gyeongju, South Korea
This grand temple complex from the Old Silla era of Korea is home to a stone pagoda that was build in the 7th century.
Gyeongju, South Korea
All that remains of an ancient royal palace is a water channel that was used for drinking games.
Gyeongju, South Korea
This tomb's name derives from a famous painting of a white horse found inside.
Gyeongju, South Korea
An early Korean refrigerator.
Gyeongju, South Korea
This human-made pond is part of a Korean palace complex first built in the 7th century.
Gyeongju, South Korea
Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.
Busan, South Korea
The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
A beloved tribute to the Fab Four and the freedoms they inspired.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
The monastery survived the Communist revolution in Mongolia as a religious museum.
Vienna, Austria
More than a millennium's worth of municipal records preserve the political history of Austria.
Vienna, Austria
Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.
Vienna, Austria
Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.
Gordola, Switzerland
If James Bond bungee-jumped off the side of a 720-foot dam, would you do it too?
Verzasca, Switzerland
This medieval footbridge in the Swiss Alps is known to attract cliff-jumping daredevils.
Bern, Switzerland
The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.
Bern, Switzerland
The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Tangier, Morocco
Known to backpackers as the "Steps of Doom," this walkway carved into the side of a seaside cliff leads to the Roman Tombs.