Museum dedicated to overthrowing the Soviets, complete with diorama of Soviets being beaten to death with shovels.

The abandoned palace stands as a wounded but proud beacon of Afghan hope.

The West's first incursion into the Afghan world lies buried beneath a military base.

200-foot-high minaret and only remnant of Afghanistan's lost city of the Turquoise Mountain.

A sobering museum dedicated to landmines and the personnel working to remove them from Afghanistan.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

The third largest ship breaking yard in the world has created an eerie shipping graveyard in southern Pakistan.

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.

The New Central Library is a masterpiece of contemporary architecture in the midst of downtown Calgary.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

Outdoor escalators and art have helped change what was once a notoriously dangerous part of Medellín.

This unofficial museum details the rise and fall of Colombia's most notorious narcotrafficker, Pablo Escobar.

A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.

A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.

Massive rock sculptures formed during the time of the dinosaurs still stand undisturbed.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

The world's widest single drop waterfall, and the two men who legend says went over its edge in a boat.

The world's tallest slum.

Ruins of the laboratory where a mysterious doctor invented an embalming fluid and stored his mummies.

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

Southern Ocean waters and glacial forces transform the Antarctic ice into these stunning bridges and caves.

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

A piece of India inside a piece of Bangladesh inside a piece of India inside a piece of Bangladesh.