A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Art and a pun, all in one.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

This little known mountain has claimed four times as many lives as Everest.

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.

One of the oldest temples in Ho Chi Minh City, dedicated to a deified Chinese military leader.