Monastery complex at the location where bodies of the executed Romanov royal family were discovered.

A tiny park off the beaten path covered in ingenious scrap metal sculptures.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

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

One of São Paulo's tight urban intersections has become a haven for graffiti artists ever since a single Batman started the trend.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.

Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Curious crater remnants in the middle of the Australian outback.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

Australia's first opal field led to a mining rush in the 1890s.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

Twelve sculptures designed to make their best showing with the coming or going of the sun.