19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."

A licentious look into Singapore's past, full of disorderly bric-a-brac and disreputable characters.

Postal archives over 150 years old offer a window into Singapore's culture and tradition.

30 years worth of pressed-tin, bakalite, and characters both loved and forgotten.

A historical convent known for taking in bad luck babies left on its doorstep is now an upscale shopping center.

The first Catholic church in Singapore is a Neo-Gothic colossus with a rich architectural history.

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

A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

Birthplace of the Tendai sect and home to the marathon monks.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.