An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

A phallic shrine to a princess goddess in Krabi, Thailand.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

The wartime prison now features haunting sculpted reenactments of the atrocities that took place there.

Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.

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

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.

This whimsically named Vietnamese stream is closer to a walkway than a waterway.

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

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

This network of tunnels housed an entire village for years, and even had a hall for screening movies.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

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

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

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

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.