Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

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

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

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

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

A forest of phallic offerings found in a quiet corner of a hotel car park.

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.

This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

Cars mysteriously roll uphill on this street.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

A self-explanatory attraction allows fans to respectfully remember and honor a comedy legend.

A huge boat-shaped hotel with a blood red pool and other oddities.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less.”

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.