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.

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

A bright and wacky exhibit answers every question you may have had about human excrement, flatulence, and more.

This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.

A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.

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

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

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

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Berlin's old airport.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

This statue and park honor the Swedish chemist Jacob Berzelius, one of the founders of modern chemistry.