World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.

Visible from both land and sea.

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."

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

One of the world's tallest flagpoles.

An exploration of Malaysian heritage through the lens of traditional textiles.

The oldest museum in Borneo is a cornucopia of rare taxidermy and human skulls.

Malaysia's floating mosque.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

A well kept and well documented look at the Bruneian Sultan's life and successes.

A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

Taiwan's last Chinese character letterpress preserves the dying art of Chinese character mold making.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.