Tourist attractions

6 photos of the tombs of Artaxerxes II and III in Persepolis

33 photos of Pasargadae, the ancient Persian capital and a UNESCO World Heritage Site

75 photos of the Ming tombs near Beijing, where 13 of the 16 emperors of the Ming dynasty are buried

31 photos of Hongcun, a very well preserved ancient Chinese village in the Huizhou region

28 photos of Kharkhorin, which in the 13th century was Karakorum, the capital of the Mongol empire

30 photos of the Naadam festival in Mongolia

37 photos of the Tanzhe temple, a 1700 years old Buddhist temple near Beijing

18 photos of the Temple of Heaven, a large park with several religious buildings in Beijing

35 photos of the Dongyue, Confucius and Fayuan temples and the Niujue mosque in Beijing

29 photos of the historic core of Essaouira

23 photos of Takht-e Soleyman and Zendane Soleyman in the West Azarbaijan area of Iran

10 photos of the dome of Soltaniyeh in northwestern Iran

24 photos of the Rundāle palace, an 18th century baroque palace in Latvia

25 photos of the Trakai island castle, a very scenic medieval castle on a lake in Lithuania

18 photos of Suomenlinna, a sea fortress built on six islands south of Helsinki