When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

This mysterious tower is said to enshrine a dormant seven-headed serpent that once protected Vientiane from destruction.

Bombed and burned, this monument represents the often controversial ties between Vietnam and Cambodia.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

These sculptures were created by a 17th-century artist who had never seen an elephant.

Is this cat asleep or just pretending?

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.

A labyrinth of clothing, electronics, and other counterfeit items.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

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

These turtle-shaped concrete stepping stones provide a unique river crossing in central Kyoto.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

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

This cavern was used as a hidden hospital and safe house during the Vietnam War.

Order your phở stir-fried, sans soup.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.