Places shatteredpools Wants to Go

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

North Korea's massive art and propaganda factory now has an official gallery space in Beijing.

A chinese farmer builds robots from scrap.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

A grassroots collection showcasing personal objects of family members separated by the post-1971 border between India and Pakistan.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

Have fun at the world's first Buddhist waterslide park.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Held in a fort that once stood for colonization of the area, this museum now tells the history of its indigenous people.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

This historic observatory was established to keep shipwrecks from littering the Cape of Good Hope.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

These stairs were built to accommodate royals mounted on elephants.

One of the largest necropolises in the world is home to a stunning array of historic Middle Eastern tombs.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.