Thousands of artifacts tell Mongolia's military history, from the Bronze Age to the present.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

270 million year-old forest of stone.

A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.

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

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

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

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

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

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

Surat Thani's official flower—and the world's largest—smells of rotting meat.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

Come in, light some incense, and ignore the live snakes around you.

Once the private home of China’s most legendary tycoon, getting inside this stunning mansion no longer requires an elite pedigree or acts of daring.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

This bazaar is one of the oldest in the Arabian world.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

Only gap in the 30,000-mile span of roads called the Pan-American Highway.

A pocket of jungle amidst urban expansion in Panama.

With nearly double the depth of the Grand Canyon, this Peruvian canyon is one of the deepest in the world.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.