An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

A ring of soy sauce bottle bases decorate an important Singaporean landmark.

Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.

This house is one of the most colorful in the country, and is the last remaining example of a historic villa.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.

After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.

A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.