A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

This 13th century Gothic brick castle is the largest in the world by surface area.

Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

The site of the first battle of World War II.

These strange piles of magnetized volcanic ash travel across the desert about 50 feet per year.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

The geographical center of Chile is a port so depressing that it has driven men to suicide.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.

Shoes and revealing shirts are not allowed inside this giant Vietnamese Christ.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

The wartime prison now features haunting sculpted reenactments of the atrocities that took place there.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

The lavish temple of the Cao Dai religion that includes Buddha, Mohammed, Joan of Arc, and Victor Hugo.