This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

North Korea's massive art and propaganda factory now has an official gallery space in Beijing.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

A clay house decorated with ceramic chips in Tianjin.

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

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

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

Thanks to a bit of wordplay, seven auspicious stone cats guard this ancient canalside street.

This ratty natural history collection is a charming relic among a city rushing into modernity.

China's most famous acrobatics act.

An enormous effigy of the goddess of compassion hides within the sanctuary.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Turn around and stick your head between your legs for the best view of this tree-covered sandbar.

This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

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

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."