A vast museum devoted to North Korea's victories against its imperialist enemies.

This North Korean pegasus statue was built as a symbol of the speed and perseverance of North Korean workers.

A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.

A bizarre collection of gifts to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il from the despots of the world.

This abandoned-looking amusement park is frighteningly open for business.

The mysterious remains of a martyred teenage saint are venerated inside a small country chapel.

An accidental trick of light casts the perfect shadow of a pilgrim of the Camino de Santiago against the cathedral wall.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

This bazaar is one of the oldest in the Arabian world.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

At this rare mosque in Tbilisi, Sunni and Shia Muslims pray side by side.

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

Underground monastery and fortress.

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