This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

A seldom-visited resting place for North Korean soldiers and spies.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

The abandoned remains of this Victorian brewery hide crumbling bowling alleys and rusting industrial gear.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

In the world's most bombed country relative to its size, this incredible organization helps pick up the pieces.

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

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

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

Ancient temple is home to centuries of art and spiritual artifacts.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

A thriving artist's wonderland located just 6 kilometers from Korea's DMZ.

A chilling monument to Korean patriots who resisted the Japanese occupation.