Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet your wish will be granted.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

Seven early Christians were sealed into a cave where legend has it they slept unharmed for centuries.

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

Malaysia's first and only glass temple.

Three Malay graves are at the center of an annual pilgrimage that reflects syncretic practices.

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

The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."

A licentious look into Singapore's past, full of disorderly bric-a-brac and disreputable characters.

Rainbow shutters decorate this former police station.

"Would you like your sangria in an IV bag, or straight-up?"

A historical convent known for taking in bad luck babies left on its doorstep is now an upscale shopping center.

30 years worth of pressed-tin, bakalite, and characters both loved and forgotten.

A quiet patch of astroturf laid out between a building that seems to be splitting in half.

Little India's hidden gem of kindness and good food.

Colorful umbrella-covered trees in Singapore's Little India look straight out of Dr. Seuss.

A ring of soy sauce bottle bases decorate an important Singaporean landmark.

A gorgeous gilded tower houses what may be the world's largest collection of gin.