An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This collection of artifacts represents one family's mission to record the horrors of World War II inflicted on their hometown.

1,500 Commonwealth servicemen of World War II are buried or commemorated in this cemetery.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

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

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.

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

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

World's strongest whirlpool.

This roadside attraction looks like a flying saucer parked atop the tundra.

The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

This neon landmark has been posing this deadpan question to follicly-challenged Dubliners for over 50 years.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.