The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

Ancient site of Mongolian Shamanism located near a road leading out of Ulaanbaatar.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

The capital of Cambodia is named after the hill on which this ancient temple complex stands.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.

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

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

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

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

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

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

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

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