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.

Life-sized painted illusions let pedestrians blend in with the street art.

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

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

This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

Since the 1700s, this old barrel has acted as a post box that relies on the kindness of travelers.

An exotic jungle hideaway run entirely by indigenous Kichwa women.

The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.