These pastel-colored homes were built when the island of Macau was a Portuguese colony.

A temple complex has existed on this site since the third century.

A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.

This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.

A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

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

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

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

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

The ruins of an abandoned crematorium haunt an eerie deserted German cemetery.

Founded during the Ayutthaya era, this unique Buddhist temple remains shipshape to this day.

An enormous Buddha peers through a gap in its ruined chamber.

This nugget of paradise earned its name for obvious reasons.

A phallic shrine to a princess goddess in Krabi, Thailand.

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

Cavemen, elephants, and eagles greet passengers driving through the town's main intersection.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

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

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

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

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.