This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

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

These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

Explore this massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

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

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

Showcasing some of the best-preserved temples of the Champa Kingdom.

A gift from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, this is the only statue of the Soviet dictator in Southeast Asia.

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

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

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

One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.

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

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

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.