Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The tiny statues form China's only known terracotta army from the Han dynasty.

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

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

Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.

Snow-capped peaks, colorful waterfalls and stunning vistas on the edge of the Himalayas.

999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

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