This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.

The family compound and final resting place for the philosopher, Confucius, and over 100,000 of his descendants.

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

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

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

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

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

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

CERN's beautiful, bending sculpture is a tribute to the spread of knowledge.

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.