A gift from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, this is the only statue of the Soviet dictator in Southeast Asia.

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

The lavish temple of the Cao Dai religion that includes Buddha, Mohammed, Joan of Arc, and Victor Hugo.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

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

This natural rock formation has an anatomical aesthetic.

Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.

The enigmatic skull gazes out over the ruins of a once-great Mayan city.

The masses at this church incorporate enough moonshine and animal sacrifice that they are no longer recognizably Catholic.

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

The enigmatic and seldom visited ruins of a Mayan city-state.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

Three sinkholes filled with warm, crystal-clear water reached by a horse-driven cart on an old train track through the jungle.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

A plaque bearing the names of those who dedicated themselves to protecting Budapest's Jewish population during World War II.