A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.

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

The man who wasn't there.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

This giant Christ statue was a failed attempt by Indonesia to dissuade East Timor from demanding independence.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.