Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

Three floors above a 2,000-year-old royal tomb is a rare collection of ancient porcelain pillows.

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

Something's watching you.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

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

Space-age minarets towering over Islamabad.

This grand Pakistani mausoleum can only be accessed via an almost 1,000 foot long alleyway.

A 17th-century mosque that was used for war more than worship.

Massive fortress bastions in the desert of Cholistan.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.