Giant stone letters dedicated to the founder of Armenia's alphabet.

Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.

Tower with a double-helix spiral, adorned with letters of the Georgian alphabet.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.

This mysterious but iconic tapered tower appears in many Azeri fairytales and legends.

The building's fluid, wavelike walls are a true feat of architectural ingenuity.

Acres of salt crystal pyramids dry in the sun along Thailand's "salt road."

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

A forest of phallic offerings found in a quiet corner of a hotel car park.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

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

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

A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.

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

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

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.

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.

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