Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

These rose marble urinals are the most luxurious loos in Liverpool.

A memorial to the politician who became Great Britain's first fatality to be caused by a locomotive.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

Originally a meeting place for foreign correspondents and war reporters, the FCC remains an atmospheric spot for sunset drinks in Phnom Penh.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

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

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

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

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

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

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

This gorgeous space is England's largest independent library outside of London.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

A Buddhist shrine in a cave protected by macaques next to dark passages lined with creepy paintings.

A small museum in the Golden Triangle tells the story of the opium drug trade that gripped Northern Thailand.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.