The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

Over a millennium ago, this site on the shores of Lake Titicaca was home to a city of more than 10,000 people.

A massive museum preserving the United States culture and the home of Abraham Lincoln's sleigh.

A sacred collection of indigenous rock art.

The largest single-building tribal cultural center in the U.S. is an expansive museum in Oklahoma City.

Out of a desire to feed hungry soldiers, a franchise-altering idea was born.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

China's beehive-shaped pyramids house the remains of a lost kingdom.

One of the word's deepest gorges is also tied to a fantastic legend.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

The powerful party began with a secret meeting in this shikumen in 1921.

The Chinese have long been excellent at the art of copying, but this epic replica takes the biscuit.

The family compound and final resting place for the philosopher, Confucius, and over 100,000 of his descendants.

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

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

The tomb of one of the greatest travelers in history.

This hauntingly beautiful stretch of Florida coastline is covered in sun-bleached trees.

A scenic UNESCO site that doubles as a habitat for various forms of wildlife.

Home to the world's largest collection of ancient Champa's sculptural works, featuring many Hindu and Buddhist deities.

The first successful human heart transplant is depicted through wax figures at the hospital where it the surgery took place.

A 5,000-year-old city in Peru holds the remains of a stunning set of astronomically-aligned pyramids.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

Celebrating the history of Hangul, the Korean writing system invented by King Sejong to improve his realm’s literacy.

A symbol of hope, survival, and national character, especially after it rose phoenix like from the flames.