A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

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

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

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

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.