The largest monastery in Singapore is home to a crematorium, a college, and one of Asia’s largest indoor Buddha statues.

This tiny island in the South China Sea is crawling with venomous sea snakes.

Two thousand feline artifacts fill Malaysia's "Cat City."

An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

A statue dedicated to the founders of communism.

Once the tallest building in Chisinau, this unique tower is a relic of Soviet architecture.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

A passage grave used in neolithic rituals.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.