Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bangu Statue of Liberty
This Brazilian Lady Liberty is one of the few replicas that was actually made by the original designer.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This Brazilian Lady Liberty is one of the few replicas that was actually made by the original designer.
Moscow, Russia
World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.
Moscow, Russia
Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.
Moscow, Russia
Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.
Kazan, Russia
This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.
Volgograd, Russia
The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.
Volgograd, Russia
The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.
Vientiane, Laos
More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.
Vientiane, Laos
When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.
Vientiane, Laos
American bombs, morbid memorabilia, and graphic photographs tell the story of the CIA-led “Secret War” from the Pathet Lao perspective.
Vientiane, Laos
In the world's most bombed country relative to its size, this incredible organization helps pick up the pieces.
Chicago, Illinois
A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.
Rendang, Indonesia
Bali’s Mother Temple, a breathtaking complex that rises serenely up the side of an active volcano.
Magelang, Indonesia
Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.
Indonesia
An Indonesian mosque styled after St. Basil's Cathedral.
Kecamatan Prambanan, Indonesia
This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.
Blimbing, Indonesia
Bright Indonesian villages painted in a rainbow of competing color schemes.
Tosari, Indonesia
Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.
Abang, Indonesia
Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.
New York, New York
This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.
New York, New York
Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.
New York, New York
The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
New York, New York
A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.