This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

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

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

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

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

This letter written by Queen Elizabeth II in 1986 won't be opened until 2085.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

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

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.