A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

A well kept and well documented look at the Bruneian Sultan's life and successes.

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.

1800 rooms of single-family residence in Brunei.

Two thousand feline artifacts fill Malaysia's "Cat City."

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.

Striking, enormous gold-plated sculpture of Buddha installed in the 19th century.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

The oldest museum in Borneo is a cornucopia of rare taxidermy and human skulls.

Malaysia's floating mosque.

A small statue of child Jesus given by Magellan in 1521

This holy site either displays a centuries-old cross or a complete fake.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

This monster fiberglass crustacean stands watch over the self-proclaimed "lobster capital of the world."

It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.

This iconic clock tower is the largest in the Philippines.

Ancient stone dildos and other odd pieces of medical history are displayed at this quirky Cyprus gem.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

This massive fiberglass Gulliver turns every visitor into a Lilliputian.

This statue honors the Philippine warrior who repelled a foreign invader and prevented Ferdinand Magellan from circumnavigating the globe.

Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.