Founded during the Ayutthaya era, this unique Buddhist temple remains shipshape to this day.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

Taoism, Buddhist and Confucianism are all represented in this temple that claims to answer anyone's wishes.

A station built to repel pirates now attracts wealthy vacationers.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

Two cannon-like cranes were installed on top of the bank building to fend off bad feng shui.

A serene space tucked amid the skyscrapers of Hong Kong's bustling financial district.

Thousands of abandoned statues of deities are taken to this hillside in southern Hong Kong.

The final resting place of 19th-century sailors previously banned from being buried within Portuguese Macau.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

The iconic egg tart gets an upgrade with a laminated sourdough crust.

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

A 360 degree battlefield experience.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

This Bangkok high-rise looks like a rudimentary LEGO elephant.

A solemn, monumental, kitschy palace of worship honoring victory in the Great Patriotic War.