A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

You'll find just about anything in this funky Tbilisi flea market.

A sober museum housed in the original administrative building of one of Stalin's largest gulags.

This 100-foot tall tombstone memorializes victims of 40 years of nuclear testing in Kazakhstan.

A collection of Lenin busts and other Soviet Era statues sit idly behind the Semipalatinsk Hotel.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

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

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

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

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

Originally a meeting place for foreign correspondents and war reporters, the FCC remains an atmospheric spot for sunset drinks in Phnom Penh.

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

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

A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.