Where hundreds of Japanese civilians committed suicide to avoid being captured by American soldiers during WWII.

This jail once controlled by the Japanese military now sits abandoned on a remote Pacific island.

This abandoned radar site is slowly being taken back by the jungle, its mission cut short by the end of the Cold War.

This trio of bronze giants celebrate the influential trip to Britain that led to Botswana's independence.

One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

Imperial palace of Emperor Galerius, the Emperor behind the worst Christian persecutions during the Roman Empire.

A sinuous path among steep cliffs creates a stunning sight in southwestern Serbia.

An idyllic traditional timber village on a picturesque hill was built for a film.

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.

Different sections of the Zemun Fortress were built in the 14th and 15th century as a response to the advance of the Ottoman Empire.

Check the time in 145 countries at once with this East German relic.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

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

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

An Anatolian immigrant created his own little paradise in the shadow of the Berlin Wall, made possible by the tensions of the Cold War.