The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

Miles of man-made caves and tunnels are currently used for cultivating mushrooms.

France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

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

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

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

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.

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

One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

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.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

A network of bells in the pubs and restaurants around Westminster alerts politicians when it's time to cast their votes.

Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.

It's said this was once the home of King James V's pet lion.

This pyramid is dedicated to all those who suffered martyrdom for civil and religious liberty in Scotland.