A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

A golden plaque marks the site of the mysterious unsolved assassination of the former Swedish prime minister.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

A catapult rock from Gotland’s 13th-century civil war is still lodged in Scandinavia's best-preserved medieval city wall.

Originally a meeting place for foreign correspondents and war reporters, the FCC remains an atmospheric spot for sunset drinks in Phnom Penh.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

One of the biggest markets in Asia, under one of the continent's largest domes.

Known locally as the Jungfrutornet, this Medieval tower hides a dark legend.

Part of an abandoned19th-century fortress hides in plain sight inside a modern office building.

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

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

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

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

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.

Tracking the 1,500-year history of Korea's star cabbage.