A blooming house of worship for the masses.

This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

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

A palace destined to never house a king.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

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

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Home of mutant livestock.

This massive marble memorial was built bit by bit either out of devotion or spite, but at the expense of the surrounding town.

This historic church is named for abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher and the ruse to arm his fellow abolitionists.

Journey up the capitol building's cupola for an amazing view of Topeka.

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.