A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A touching statue dedicated to Japan's first therapy dog.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

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

One of the few places where inexperienced snorkelers can spot a shark.

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The former Nazi concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

The last planned Soviet city was built for the former residents of Pripyat after the Chernobyl disaster.

A huge Soviet-era robotics factory in the outskirts of Pripyat, now long-abandoned.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

The final resting place of more than 200,000 people, this is one of the largest cemeteries in Europe.