Terrapins of all colors and shapes are quick to bring fascination (and possibly long life) at this museum.

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

This house is one of the most colorful in the country, and is the last remaining example of a historic villa.

The largest monastery in Singapore is home to a crematorium, a college, and one of Asia’s largest indoor Buddha statues.

One of the largest Chinese cemeteries outside of China spent years overgrown and forgotten.

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.