In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

Legend says this sculpture commemorates a brave baker who rescued the city in the Thirty Years' War.

South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.

One of only a handful of seaside temples in Korea, this sacred space is home to a legendary healing Buddha statue and a traffic safety prayer pagoda.

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

This human-made pond is part of a Korean palace complex first built in the 7th century.

This grand temple complex from the Old Silla era of Korea is home to a stone pagoda that was build in the 7th century.

This tomb's name derives from a famous painting of a white horse found inside.

A unique structure located on the grounds of one of five grand palaces that were built by the Joseon dynasty.

This pagoda was once the central feature of a Buddhist temple that no longer exists.

The supreme shrine of the state.

Its humdrum facade only adds to its electrifying appeal: a rooftop with panoramic views of a shapeshifting metropolis.

About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.

For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.

Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

Home to what was once considered the largest gate in central Asia.

18m long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.