This colorful palace is an oasis of calm amid the hustle and bustle of the Buriganga riverfront.

These shopping center benches are actually a modern art installation.

This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.

This concept building is the UK's first attempt at making a permanent structure of nothing but trash.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.

A vintage penny arcade hidden in the back of a fun fair-themed bar.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

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

One of the world's tallest flagpoles.

One of the longest natural sand beaches in the world.

The shipyards along the outskirts of the Bangladesh capital are a flurry dangerous boat breaking and rebuilding.

Hidden under the thick tropical vegetation of a cemetery is the tomb of Columbo Sahib.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

Next to the Malaysian Prime Minister’s office stands this rose-colored mosque.

Ancient and modern architecture are joined in Louis Kahn's monument to democracy.

The fight to make Bengali an official language started in this stunning university hall.

A tiny mosque decorated with mosaics using an early form of recycling.