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

A Surreal flight of architectural fancy in Vietnam's Central Highlands.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

Jumping-off point for a climb up Mt. Everest is the most dangerous airport in the world.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

The mummified remains of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, Russia's most important Buddhist.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

Jurassic theme park in the small town of Erlian.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

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

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

Ancient and modern architecture are joined in Louis Kahn's monument to democracy.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.