In a small Japanese garden off a busy Denver street, a memorial to a brave, principled politician.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

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

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

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

Its humdrum facade only adds to its electrifying appeal: a rooftop with panoramic views of a shapeshifting metropolis.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

A remnant of Korea's colonial past lies forgotten in a hip neighborhood in Seoul.

Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.

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

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.

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

This tiny Vietnamese village is known for eating snakes and serving their still-beating hearts in shots of vodka.

The lavish temple of the Cao Dai religion that includes Buddha, Mohammed, Joan of Arc, and Victor Hugo.

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

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.