This family-owned pottery shop is home to the last operational dragon kiln in Singapore.

A quiet patch of astroturf laid out between a building that seems to be splitting in half.

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.

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

Across this single-file rope bridge is what has been claimed to be the edge of continental Asia.

Little India's hidden gem of kindness and good food.

A Singapore shrine to an unnamed German girl who has become a local deity.

This jam-packed Singapore antique museum preserves the fading remnants of a uniquely mixed culture.

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

Frozen in Norway, vended in Singapore.

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

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

The holes in this wall provide a glimpse into Jewish life in Budapest, both past and present.

This quiet, unassuming spot in Budapest was the birthplace of the bloody 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

A diminutive statue that was inspired by the sculptor's own daughter.

A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.