There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

This elaborate temple was built around one of the Buddha's teeth.

An ancient temple to the Hindu god Shiva surrounded by jaw-dropping scenery.

To gaze upon the visage of Sri Lanka's biggest Buddha, one must first pass through the Tunnel of Hell.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

Vintage furniture and art share space with all manner of collectibles at this quirky shop in Bangkok.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Overshadowed by other, more famous Maltese catacombs, this ancient burial chamber has one of the best examples of a ritual agape table.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.