The shipyards along the outskirts of the Bangladesh capital are a flurry dangerous boat breaking and rebuilding.

This former coal mine has been turned into a sprawling modern art complex.

A jagged silhouette of shamanistic stone heaps rises from the shore of this dazzling mile-high lake.

This odd museum/art gallery embraces the physiological, zoological, and ethnographic side of sex.

Mongolian Buddhists believe this monastery in the Gobi desert to be the center of the world's spiritual energy.

In La Paz's huge, city-sized cemetery, the deceased are stored in rows of apartment-like buildings.

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.

120 mortarless pagodas built by one Korean hermit.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

A chilling monument to Korean patriots who resisted the Japanese occupation.

Hidden treasures belonging to Mongolia's most revered and multi-talented monk spent decades buried in the Gobi desert.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

This fortified sand barrier dividing a contested territory is the longest minefield in the world.

The oldest Buddhist monastery in Mongolia has survived centuries of invasions, political shifts, and religious purges.

The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.

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

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

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

Some of the ancient-looking huts among these strange rock formations aren't ancient at all, but built as part of a movie set.

Feed it cash, get your very own gold bar.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.