Rainbow shutters decorate this former police station.

According to fictional Kcymaerxthaereal history, a powerful woman with a voice whose beauty could not be concealed found solace at this site at the Majestic Hotel in Singapore.

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

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

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

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

Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.

A monument to the civilian victims of the Japanese Occupation forces of World War II.

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

This fountain was once heralded as the largest in the world.

The first Catholic church in Singapore is a Neo-Gothic colossus with a rich architectural history.

The largest pool at its elevation sits on top of one of the most expensive resorts in the world.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

An abandoned convention space that has been left to the homeless and the radical.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."