One of Bhutan's oldest temples was purportedly built to stop a giant female ogre from preventing the spread of Buddhism across Tibet.

Legend has it a sacred treasure hidden by an ancient guru was revealed with a burning butter lamp from these waters.

The largest and, arguably, most scenic fortress in Bhutan.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

This dazzling three-story shop showcases the art and history of music boxes, a popular novelty in Japan.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

This castle constructed in 1928 was crafted from drawings of Lismore Castle in Ireland.

This 17th-century Bhutanese monastery is ensconced in Buddhist legend.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

The nation’s first institution dedicated to the conservation of Bhutanese textiles.

This garden is very fertile.

This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.

Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.

The ruins of an abandoned 17th-century fort that was almost completely destroyed by a fire.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Created by a local artist, these quirky sculptures each have their own names and personalities.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.