This ancient Bedfordshire church was abandoned when the village's population slowly began migrating to new towns.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

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

This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

A menagerie of curiously bred creatures.

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

A shrine honoring a legendary ghost bride lies within this vibrant temple.

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

An on-site urban farm and fish pond supply some of the produce for this upscale restaurant.

The bank's whimsical shape was inspired by a child’s toy.

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

This ambiguous pig shrine is actually a monument to a beloved queen.

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

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

Buddhist university that allows English-language speakers the opportunity to study with monks in Thailand.

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

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

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

Behind one of the world's most impenetrable vaults is a massive collection of retail silver.