Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

This historic spot was where America's involvement in the Vietnam War officially came to an end.

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.

When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Bombed and burned, this monument represents the often controversial ties between Vietnam and Cambodia.

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

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

An abandoned Cambodian resort that mirrored the downfall of the country as it was happening.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.

One of the largest wooden constructions in Europe was meant to be a casino, but soon became an orphanage.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This pyramid in southern Sweden houses the remains of an eccentric nobleman, who spent his life doing whatever he felt like doing.