Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

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

A tree that defies gravity grows in an ancient ruin.

The Bourbon royal family had this unique octagonal hunting "cottage" built on a tiny islet in Lake Fusaro.

Giant, pink stuffed rabbit on an Italian mountain.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

The middle finger of modernity.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.