An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

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

The 1852 novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lends its name to a subway station, a street, and several shops on the edge of Berlin.

The old castle kitchen where nucleic acid was first isolated is considered the "cradle of biochemistry."

This 18th-century folly is one of Europe's rare "garden mosques."

One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.

Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.

World's largest barrel containing an inn.

It has an American Dream Car exhibit, Europe's largest Formula One collection, and many, many mannequins.

This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.

One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.

In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.