The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

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

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

Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

This amateur-built East African church with mismatched towers is an architectural abnormality.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

Waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.

A small alleyway lined with locally drawn scenes of nostalgic anime and cartoon characters.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.