The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

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

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

A faithful reproduction of Al-Jazari's enormous water clock.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

The nation’s first institution dedicated to the conservation of Bhutanese textiles.

This colorful overpass is one of Bhutan's longest suspension bridges.

This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.

This penis-focused monastery is dedicated to Buddhism's "Divine Madman."

This garden is very fertile.

Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.