Politics

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

The West's first incursion into the Afghan world lies buried beneath a military base.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

At Fountain and Division, in the shadow of Kendall College of Art and Design, lays the story of a fictional culture whose political system was used under license and who finally rebelled.

A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.

Sitting right on the border between East and West Jerusalem this modern art museum is in itself a symbol of Israel's hoped-for unity.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.

An Irish cemetery filled with victims of political strife and violent conflict, including the grave of Bobby Sands.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

Spies, love letters, and ghost stories have all left their mark on this home-cum-museum.

An English cenotaph honoring an American feminist icon.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

One of China's last communal villages wears its ideals on its sleeve.

Political debates in a fabulous Pasadena castle.

This simple, broken column marks the final resting place of one of America's most famous explorers.

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.