Stretching almost 2,000 feet, this painting is one of the longest pieces of Buddhist artwork in the world.

The western-most fortress on the Great Wall of China has gone from a strategic stronghold to a kitschy tourist carnival.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

Monks turned this mountain into a temple by digging grottoes, tunnels, and a huge pagoda-like hall.

This top secret Chinese military megaproject is the world’s largest human-made tunnel structure.

This short pedestrian span is also known as the "Fairy Walking Bridge" because it looks almost magical.

The tiny statues form China's only known terracotta army from the Han dynasty.

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

Forgotten German bunkers in China create a sharp cultural contrast.

The ruins of this ancient fortification wall sit in the middle of a quiet, residential intersection.

This ancient structure appears Roman, but was constructed during the 16th century and was utilized until 1911.

The partially submerged ruins of a white marble quarry used in ancient Greece for over 1,200 years.

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

An ancient chamber filled with wonderful rock art and a Neolithic carving of a human face.

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

A misnamed well, with a deep dark past.

A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.

A small memorial to a deadly night in Serbia that shook the world before it was swept under the rug.

China has many statues of the general and war god, but none are as epic as this.