Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

Rare documents, old instruments, and gruesome specimens showcase the history of military medicine.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

The remote island home of the overlooked explorer who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.

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

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.

Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.

It took 28 years to build this massive statue of the Hindu god Vishnu riding a mythical bird.

A lonely memorial to the 107 victims of Pan Am Flight 812, which crashed in Bali in 1974.

A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.

This sacred cave temple is home to thousands of bats and according to legend, a giant snake king.

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

The inky volcanic sand leads to reefs teeming with aquatic life waiting to be discovered by snorkelers and divers.