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

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

When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

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.

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

A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

The powerful party began with a secret meeting in this shikumen in 1921.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

The birthplace of modern China.

The home where the first Premier of the People's Republic of China worked and lived.

With former lives as a bomb shelter and government parking lot, this shop is one of China’s most extraordinary locales for book-lovers.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

North Korea's massive art and propaganda factory now has an official gallery space in Beijing.

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

An ancient Chinese temple where even the emperor dressed like a farmer in the name of the harvest.

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

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.