Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

This opulent 16th-century Maharaja’s palace is a unique mix of Hindu and Muslim designs.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

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

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

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

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

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

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

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

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.

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

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

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

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

In the world's most bombed country relative to its size, this incredible organization helps pick up the pieces.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.