Tracing the history of cats back 5,000 years, the Kuching Cat Museum houses 2,000 different artifacts, ranging from a mummified Egyptian cat to strange cat headstones. Although the Cat Museum is a... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by serflac and atimian

Malaysia's Islamic Heritage Park on Wan Man Island blurs the line between prayer and commerce. Although it is a tourist attraction that cost $80 million, it also features one of the most... »

Curious Places of Worship | Edited by atimian

From a distance, the Kota Kinabalu City Mosque seems to float on top of the water. Although the optical illusion is created by a man-made lagoon nestled around the mosque, the building's... »

Curious Places of Worship, Outsider Architecture | Edited by atimian

When enlightenment is reached, the feeling is completely sublime and without trouble. Worries simply drift away into a calmer state of being. This Buddhist ethos is perfectly portrayed in Wat... »

Giant Buddhas | Edited by JBHewlett and atimian

There is an area of Penang Malaysia that is home to many different Temples, its an incredibly photographic area. »

| Edited by JBHewlett

In order to tie together the power grids of Thailand and Malaysia in 2001 and 2002, a 110 km-long DC powerline with an operating voltage of 300 kV was built. In order to tie everything together... »

Inspired Inventions, Electrical Oddities, Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Alpha and Nicholas Jackson

During Thaipusam, an annual celebration of the triumph of good over evil, hundreds of thousands of spiritual pilgrims climb the 272 stairs into the Batu Caves carrying kavadis, symbolic burdens... »

Curious Caves, Strange Statues, Rites and Rituals, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Annetta, dcyc82 and 3 others

While the city center of Malacca is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the People's Museum is tucked in an unassuming building off the main square. Four autonomous collections comprise the People's... »

Unique Collections | Edited by M Rebekah Otto and AllisonEng

If one were to combine all 650 atolls, reefs, rocks and islets that constitute Spratly Islands into one landmass, it would barely make up five square kilometers. Scattered over 400,000 square... »

Micro-Nations | Edited by stanestane, Henry and others

A small number of firely species perform an astonishing collective trick: They light up as one. Tens of thousands of fireflies will blink in perfect unison for minutes, sometimes hours, at a time.... »

Fascinating Fauna, Bioluminescent Spots | Edited by Dylan and Josh