Self-mutilation in the name of beauty.

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

A Singapore shrine to an unnamed German girl who has become a local deity.

Malaysia's first and only glass temple.

This Singaporean food-court stall was home to the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal.

This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.

A venerated grave atop an ancient royal hill, often attributed to the last king of Singapura.

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."

Two panes of the massive Cold War artifact are on display at the National University of Singapore.

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.

An unusual bronze bus shelter is actually an art installation commenting on the city's history with the Nazi party.

Down this Cracovian street resides a plaque with a stark message about the city's air pollution.

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.

Extremely famous in his native country, this Cracovian painter is all but unknown beyond Polish borders.

Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

This remarkable checkered church on a Corsican hilltop is fabled to have been built by angels.

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

The first modern cemetery of Lyon is complete with more than 200 chapels and monuments.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.