Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

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

A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.

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

Step inside a Nyonya eatery nestled within a historic museum.

This statue of the famed saint is missing his right hand, a rare depiction of his posthumous amputation.

The oldest Anglican church in Southeast Asia.

Built by the Portuguese colonists in the early 16th century, this fort is one of the oldest European structure in Asia.

The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.

Once the private home of China’s most legendary tycoon, getting inside this stunning mansion no longer requires an elite pedigree or acts of daring.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

An exploration of Malaysian heritage through the lens of traditional textiles.

One of the world's tallest flagpoles.

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.

The controversial final resting place of the equally controversial first president of Turkmenistan.

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.

This harsh mountain path was built as a strange attempt to improve the health of Turkmen citizens.

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.

The remains of an ancient city-state along the Silk Road.

Right beyond the Uzbekistan-Tajikistan border lies the oldest human settlement in Central Asia.

Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.

This retro, UFO-like structure is a remnant of the Soviet-era circus.

This Soviet statue is based on a piece of propaganda that's been elevated to national myth.