Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

Executed at age 19, this Vietnamese schoolgirl is now a national hero and symbol of revolutionary spirit.

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

Nearly three tons of weapons from the Vietnam War still remain in this small, hidden museum.

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

A memorial to the monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.

The rusty hull of this 1899 ship serves as a tribute to explorers of the bottom of the world.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

This amended headstone marks the grave of a participant in one of the most successful military deceptions of all time.

A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland's second largest island emit an entrancing sound.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.