This Tibetan and Naxi village's Honey Rose wine bears the mark of 19th-century French missionaries.

This 19th-century clock has been restored to help withstand the harsh environment of its seaside home.

The Grand Canyon’s original airport, which once welcomed pilots like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, lies abandoned.

People of the Plum Bayou culture built these enormous mounds over 1,000 years ago.

This Art Nouveau gate still stands at the former entrance of a 20th-century Spanish writer's colony.

Artists made this mosque into a marvel of Ottoman baroque architecture.

In the 18th century, the Earl of Buchan mapped the universe on this stone pillar.

This Philippine island is dotted with (fake) Grecian ruins.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

The Harlem Renaissance poet and activist wrote, organized, and hosted travelers in this Lynchburg, Virginia oasis.

The histories of modern Chinese literature and anti-Japanese resistance collide in this Shanghai park.

Climb into Albania's communist history while enjoying a spectacular ocean view.

This severely painted building has a twisted connection to the witch hunts of the 1640s.

A natural rock bridge towers above the sea.

A local pineapple cannery once dumped pineapple trimmings off of this pier, with sometimes smelly results.