An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

This Cambodian riverbed is covered in ancient Hindu carvings both above and below the waters.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

Limestone caves in the Cambodian countryside, once the site of genocide, now a place of peaceful beauty.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.