Amazingly, this centuries-old wooden monastery is still standing today.

The ruins of this prominent glass factory yield hidden treasures buried among the jungle floor.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

This floating cinema brings new meaning to the phrase "going out" to the movies.

This nugget of paradise earned its name for obvious reasons.

A phallic shrine to a princess goddess in Krabi, Thailand.

Cavemen, elephants, and eagles greet passengers driving through the town's main intersection.

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

A mile-long navigable cave adorned with stalactites and stalagmites reaching up to 65 feet tall.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

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

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

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

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.