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

This whimsically named Vietnamese stream is closer to a walkway than a waterway.

Life-sized painted illusions let pedestrians blend in with the street art.

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

A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

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

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

The former home of Norway's greatest romantic composer.

A favorite with sightseers, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

It's always game time at Stockholm's only museum devoted solely to video games.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

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

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

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

This ratty natural history collection is a charming relic among a city rushing into modernity.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

China's most famous acrobatics act.