Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

Perhaps the only one of its kind, the nearly-forgotten site once held mortal (and rigged) gladiatorial games between tigers and imperial war elephants.

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

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

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

Natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

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

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.

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.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.