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

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

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

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

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

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.

The western-most fortress on the Great Wall of China has gone from a strategic stronghold to a kitschy tourist carnival.

Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

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

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.