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

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

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

Countless expeditions have left Tasmania to explore Antarctica, but this island state has an even deeper connection with the sea.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

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

Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

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

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

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

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

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

Australian holiday town hosts world's largest bowling ball.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.