This striking, historic hotel has major Wes Anderson movie energy.

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

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

This futuristic building is yet another architectural wonder in Dubai.

Why is there a vintage Rolls Royce in this Buddhist temple?

This mesmerizing architectural wonder will take your breath away with its unusual color patterns.

Pettah's beautiful floating market was once a stinky canal in a sketchy industrial area.

A neglected bell tower in modern Colombo is a symbol of the city's colonial past.

The first and only planetarium in Sri Lanka.

This space rocket-like Buddhist stupa sits atop two giant arches and can be seen from out at sea.

This peaceful sanctuary is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Colombo.

A narrow, serpentine spit of sand is constantly eroded and rebuilt by competing currents.

This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

The largest masonic lodge in Cuba.

Standing in this historic plaza is a statue representing one of Cuba's most iconic literary characters.

A colossal statue with a controversial past, forgotten for more than 30 years.

This statue in Plaza San Francisco commemorates a beloved figure from 1950s Havana.

Besides being home to cave paintings and pre-Columbian Cuban archaeological remains, you get to take a boat through this stalactite and stalagmite covered cave.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.