Xian Shi, China
Xi'an City Walls
An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.
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Xian Shi, China
An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.
Helsingør, Denmark
Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Roskilde, Denmark
Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.
Hammondsport, New York
Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.
Corning, New York
Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Khmer Rouge's high security prison.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
One of the biggest markets in Asia, under one of the continent's largest domes.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Xiulin Township, Taiwan
An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.
Taipei, Taiwan
An imperial art museum offers edible versions of its most treasured displays in an on-site fine-dining restaurant.
Taipei, Taiwan
Air-raid tunnels hidden beneath this opulent hotel provided shelter and an escape route—and one of the world's longest slides.
Taipei, Taiwan
Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.
Detroit, Michigan
Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.
Atlanta, Georgia
Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.
Schiphol, Netherlands
It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.
Natchez, Mississippi
A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.
Natchez, Mississippi
A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.
Claiborne County, Mississippi
An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.
Oxford, Mississippi
William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.