This mysterious but iconic tapered tower appears in many Azeri fairytales and legends.

The building's fluid, wavelike walls are a true feat of architectural ingenuity.

Long before air conditioning, Persian architects found an ingenious way to cool off.

17th century mosque for Shah Abbas' harem.

Named after a legendary garden called Eram in southern Arabia, built by order of Shaddad, an Arab king who wanted to compete with Paradise.

The building is a gigantic piece of art inspired by the shape of a desert rose.

This unique museum doesn't shy away from highlighting Qatar's role in the history of slavery.

An artificial date palm stands as a memorial to Warsaw's Jewish community.

Extremely famous in his native country, this Cracovian painter is all but unknown beyond Polish borders.

Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.

This oddly beautiful water cistern is a techno-temple to the wet stuff and a multimedia masterpiece.

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

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

The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.

Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

A 20th-century picture show in 3-D.

Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.

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.