This building has a giant piercing through one of its corners.

The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

Life-sized painted illusions let pedestrians blend in with the street art.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

Walk through a clothing store, across a courtyard, and up several flights of stairs for delicious coffee with a side of beautiful views.

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

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

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

A gift from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, this is the only statue of the Soviet dictator in Southeast Asia.

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

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

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

Located off a bustling strip, a silent teahouse employs workers with hearing- or speech-related disabilities.