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

This stunning and ethereal mural symbolizes the beauty, unity, and diversity of humankind.

The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.

An extravagant 18th-century fountain built with bits of broken ceramic.

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.

A "time traveler's" vision of human history stretches throughout Mexico City's Copilco metro station.

Beneath the most controversial monument in Mexico City is a cultural center that exhibits only digital art.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

This Bangkok high-rise looks like a rudimentary LEGO elephant.

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

This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

Singapore's last surviving traditional village is hidden among giant skyscrapers and modern infrastructure.

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

A shrine honoring a legendary ghost bride lies within this vibrant temple.

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

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.