On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

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

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

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

A bizarre collection of gifts to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il from the despots of the world.

North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.