Beijing, China
Beijing Ancient Observatory
This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.
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Beijing, China
The Forbidden City
The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
Aswan, Egypt
Unfinished Obelisk
The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.
Nubia, Egypt
The Temple of Abu Simbel
Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.
Wuppertal, Germany
Schwebebahn Wuppertal
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
Schwangau, Germany
Neuschwanstein Castle
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Vienna, Austria
Wiener Pestsäule (Vienna Plague Column)
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Vienna, Austria
Karlskirche (St. Charles's Church)
Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.
Vienna, Austria
Stephansdom Crypt
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Vienna, Austria
Naturhistorisches Museum
Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.
Linz, Austria
Grottenbahn
Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.
Vienna, Austria
The Narrenturm
This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.
Vienna, Austria
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library)
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
