A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.

The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

A life-sized imperial army, buried in battle formation, has stood underground for over 2,000 years—built not for war, but for eternity.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

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

Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.

Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.

A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.

Covering 13 acres and hosting 3,000 shops, this is one of Africa's biggest urban markets.

Partially collapsed lava tube and cave system complete with concert hall, underground pond, and unique albino crabs.

An incredibly salty lake inside the crater of an extinct volcano.

Unusual carved mural of “barefoot diva” Cesária Évora, icon of Cape Verdean morna music.

This beach in Senegal marks the westernmost point on the African continent.

This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.