Places Edited by tyler

This unassuming layer of clay boasts an out-of-this-world origin story.

A site where ten to twenty thousand Edo-era prisoners were put to death.

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

A public statue crafted by Singapore's pioneering sculptor, Ng Eng Teng.

This quirky collection of furniture also happens to be a public art installation.

This statue is the only female representation of Rome's "talking statues."

An unassuming churchyard is the resting place of a pioneering surveyor and reluctant namesake of a mountain.

A 150-year-old steam locomotive crosses the southern half of the island daily.

A prison tower–like edifice honoring a beloved local benefactor.

The oldest Muslim cemetery in Singapore, with a strong royal connection.

A place to see how French aristocrats lived in the early 1900s.

A manifestation of modernist architectural ideas, this massive, multi-purpose building was one of the first of its kind in Southeast Asia.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

This exuberantly curated landscape is one of the largest sculpture gardens in Canada.

The last remaining Hakka cemetery in Singapore.

In the middle of this historic colonial city resides a modernist government building known as the UFO.

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

This small park holds what remains of a former prison and execution ground.

Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.

An unnatural lake in a naturally beautiful setting.

The last Oostende trawler to fish off Iceland is now a museum.

This museum explores the tumultuous history of Lviv under Nazi and Soviet occupation.