This Khmer-era temple includes a lintel that was stolen and displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago for years before returning to Thailand.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

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

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

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

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

The oldest Anglican church in Southeast Asia.

This Theravada Buddhist temple is a peaceful oasis steeped in history.

One of the world's tallest flagpoles.

The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.

Once the private home of China’s most legendary tycoon, getting inside this stunning mansion no longer requires an elite pedigree or acts of daring.

The largest tea plantation in Southeast Asia supplies gorgeous vistas alongside tea for the surrounding countries.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

Historic bar where the Singapore Sling cocktail was invented.

This statue was a gift to commemorate the Thai monarch's first visit to a foreign land.

This fountain was once heralded as the largest in the world.

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

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."

This house is one of the most colorful in the country, and is the last remaining example of a historic villa.

This Singaporean food-court stall was home to the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal.

WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.

These Australian rock formations look like Martian beehives that have grown up out of the landscape.