This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

A small United Arab Emirates territory within an Omani enclave within the United Arab Emirates.

A unique configuration of blown glass can be found inside this hotel lobby.

A faithful reproduction of Al-Jazari's enormous water clock.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

Highly unusual subterranean stupa and adjacent cave monastery.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

Splashes of blue in an otherwise monotonous lunar landscape.

What was once supposed to be the symbol of a shining Afghan future is now a bombed-out ruin.

This monument honors the life of a long-suffering lion whose story captivated the world.

Once an impressive link to Afghanistan’s Buddhist past, now a sad reminder of intolerance towards other cultures.

A mere stone's throw from Islamabad exists a spectacular display of three millennia of humanity's progress.

One of the last surviving ancient Buddhist sites in the region, it escaped the brunt of several Hun invasions thanks to its remote location.

Space-age minarets towering over Islamabad.

An otherwise ordinary park with a dark past.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

A pirate is laid to rest at St. Nicholas Church.

Eat and drink at a pub older than the Magna Carta

England's most notorious suicide spot.

In this quiet village, a blue plaque marks the spot where the famous fictional detective retired.