Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Reunification Palace
Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
A memorial to the monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.
Ethiopia
An ancient Ethiopian cave church is endangered by the simple building of a road.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.
Rome, Italy
One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.
Ilhéu das Rolas, São Tomé and Príncipe
The equator passes through this tiny island in the eastern Atlantic.
Caue, São Tomé and Príncipe
Nature’s skyscraper launches out of the terrain with attitude.
Cape Coast, Ghana
Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."
Assin South, Ghana
This series of rope-style bridges brings visitors into a jungle layer that is usually reserved for birds and monkeys.
Singapore
The highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore looks like a series of undulating waves rising between two public parks.
Singapore
The history of those incarcerated in Singapore during World War II is etched into the bricks of a popular staircase.
Singapore
Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.
Singapore
This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.
Singapore
Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.
Singapore
A manifestation of modernist architectural ideas, this massive, multi-purpose building was one of the first of its kind in Southeast Asia.
Singapore
This statue was a gift to commemorate the Thai monarch's first visit to a foreign land.
Singapore
A ring of soy sauce bottle bases decorate an important Singaporean landmark.
Singapore
This house is one of the most colorful in the country, and is the last remaining example of a historic villa.
Singapore
The first Catholic church in Singapore is a Neo-Gothic colossus with a rich architectural history.
Singapore
This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."
Singapore
A historical convent known for taking in bad luck babies left on its doorstep is now an upscale shopping center.
Singapore
The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."
Berlin, Germany
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.