A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.

China's most famous acrobatics act.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

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

A beloved tribute to the Fab Four and the freedoms they inspired.

An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

Mostly underground in the old days Back in the USSR, today the Beatles beckon to tourists from a wall sculpture out in the open in central Russia.

Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.