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

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

These crumbling towers are some of the last remnants of a centuries-old Vietnamese culture.

A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

This collection of reclaimed landmines acts as both an exhibition of their deadly history and as a shelter for children affected by them.

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

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

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

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

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

This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

Berlin's old airport.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."