Singapore
Keramat Iskandar Shah
A venerated grave atop an ancient royal hill, often attributed to the last king of Singapura.
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Singapore
A venerated grave atop an ancient royal hill, often attributed to the last king of Singapura.
Singapore
Rainbow shutters decorate this former police station.
Singapore
This statue was a gift to commemorate the Thai monarch's first visit to a foreign land.
Singapore
This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."
Singapore
These bronze statues depict the early days of trading in Singapore.
Singapore
The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."
Singapore
This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.
Singapore
A manifestation of modernist architectural ideas, this massive, multi-purpose building was one of the first of its kind in Southeast Asia.
Singapore
The highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore looks like a series of undulating waves rising between two public parks.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.
Warsaw, Poland
A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.
Warsaw, Poland
Legend says this is actually a heartbroken prince waiting for his true love's kiss.
Warsaw, Poland
The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
Warsaw, Poland
Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.
Kaali, Estonia
Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.
Prague, Czechia
A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.
Berlin, Germany
The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.
Berlin, Germany
An astonishingly accurate water clock that doubles as an hourly spectacle in this Berlin shopping area.
Ratanak Mondul, Cambodia
A quick and simple solution to Cambodia's train woes.
Krong Battambang, Cambodia
Take a hidden path to the mouth of the cave to watch millions of bats swarm at sunset.
Krong Battambang, Cambodia
A gruesome memorial for those lost in this area during the Khmer Rouge genocide.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A small 12th-century temple surrounded by waters believed to have curative properties.