Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

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

The mirrored section takes the shape of Hebrew characters when viewed from above.

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

Automatons that were once removed after one fell from the building.

Meant to resemble a massive tree, the building is the best example of Spanish organicist architecture in Madrid.

King Carlos IV laid the first stone during construction of this chapel.

A window into a long-lost world, these colorful tiles advertise a long-defunct range of purgative teas, harmless smokables, and diarrhea cures.

Five million people are laid to rest here, more than the population of Madrid itself.

Inside this church are the alleged remains of the patron saint of lovers, epileptics, and beekeepers.

Among the oldest structures in Madrid, these Moorish walls once guarded the medieval city of Mayrit.

This enigmatic artifact is a rare depiction of an ancient Iberian noblewoman.

For decades, Puerta del Sol has been illuminated by a giant, guitar-wielding bottle of sherry.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

How a lunch counter in Chile became a shrine to the 42nd president of the United States

It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.