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

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 history of those incarcerated in Singapore during World War II is etched into the bricks of a popular staircase.

From prostitutes to soldiers to business men, the dead in this graveyard are a microcosm of Singapore's history with Japan.

The confluence of modernist and traditional architecture in this religious complex reflects the history of both the living and the dead being uprooted, displaced, and rehoused.

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

Two panes of the massive Cold War artifact are on display at the National University of Singapore.

A small collection of magic tricks and memorabilia is now an apartment-sized museum.

A stunning architectural yet functional feat, towering over Oslo.

Five soviet prisoners of war were executed at this spot just days before the liberation of Norway.

The former home of Norway's greatest romantic composer.

A microbiologist-chef is slinging noodles with hyperlocal Nordic ingredients.

The grounds and buildings of an old wood pulp mill have been transformed into an innovative art park and museum.

The Brutalist building harbors an unusual inverted dome that swoops down over its central sacred room.

This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.

The last fully functional fortress of Germany's World War II Atlantikwall.

In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.

St George's Leprosy Museum depicts the gruesome afflictions of those suffering from the disease.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

Thousands of miniature bronze sculptures have taken over this city square creating a unique art installation.

Tens of thousands of tiny bottles stuffed with various items.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.