A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

This massive stone and steel monument remembers a century-old battle that cost thousands of lives and nearly destroyed the city.

A gift from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, this is the only statue of the Soviet dictator in Southeast Asia.

The secret meeting held in this building would forever change the world.

This 2,000-year-old Doric bridge is still open to pedestrian traffic to this day.

A modest museum in the final home of Italian poet and father of modern Italian, Francesco Petrarca.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

Out of all the statues of Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, this one is the tallest and the most impressive.

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

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

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

A quiet ode to Communist China's propaganda machine, including a newspaper edited by Mao Zedong's own hand.

Forgotten for decades, the first medical school built in Communist China is full of surprises today.

Adjacent to Narayanhiti Palace, this park commemorates those who fought in Nepal's civil war.

This institution honors Nepal’s most storied warriors.

Designed to honor the birthplace of Buddha.

Massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.

This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.

The remains of an ancient city-state along the Silk Road.