A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Villagers have recycled bomber fuel tanks from the Vietnam War and turned them into very, very strong boats.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

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

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

A studio devoted to keeping hundreds of unique Chinese arts alive.

A progressive LGBTQ hub offers dancing, HIV testing, art, and more.

This working replica of the 'Friends' coffee shop is more accurate to the show than the set itself.

This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

Russian researchers who have been excavating ancient squirrel burrows may have brought a 32,000-year-old plant back to life.

The California secessionist movement has its own foreign embassy, in Russia of all places.

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.

An early-20th-century "dacha" village of quaint cottages curiously located in a modern part of Moscow.

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.

Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.