From atop a hill at the center of Cape Town, a cannon has been signalling the time since 1806.

An interactive back-alley mural project remembers the golden age of Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown.

This curious fresh and salt water lake holds a secret that draws in deep divers from around the world.

A church made of steel.

This iconic clock tower is the largest in the Philippines.

Once a crime hotspot, this refurbished underpass is now home to a bookstore and a mural celebrating the history of Manila.

Dedicated to the three priests whose execution inspired author José Rizal.

The cemetery was built for the Spanish colonial elite, but its most famous residents were all buried in unmarked graves.

An exhibit of endangered species confiscated from smugglers and passengers.

This rickety old shed hides a trove of secondhand literary treasures.

This arch celebrates the romantic memories of those who danced at the Cloudland Ballroom.

A colorful sculpture of an Australian symbol patrols an otherwise ordinary traffic island.

The unique work of art celebrates the 30th anniversary of the 1988 World Expo.

The sculpture shows a water rat turning the world upside-down, landing an elephant on its head.

A nearly lost tribute to an 11-year-old boy killed during a World War I homecoming parade.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Its most grisly object is a jar full of severed fingers allegedly cut off by prisoners to avoid work.

Museum of Fijian history, including its former tradition of cannibalism.

The fully functional, submerged Vanuatu Post Office is definitely one of a kind.

This work of art was designed to represent the Tarpeian Way Quarry that once dominated the area.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

A monument to the 4,114 Irish orphan girls who arrived in Australia between 1848 and 1850.