Nara, Japan
Tōdai-ji Daibutsuden (The Great Buddha Hall)
This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.
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Nara, Japan
This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.
Kyoto, Japan
The 10,000 Torii shrine.
Yokohama, Japan
The Port of Yokohama’s customs headquarters building resembles a Moorish kasbah, complete with a minaret.
Yokosuka, Japan
The last remaining pre-dreadnought battleship in the world has been a museum for nearly a century.
Kyoto, Japan
This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.
Kyoto, Japan
The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Kyoto, Japan
This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
George Town, Malaysia
The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.
Marrakesh, Morocco
This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.
Marrakesh, Morocco
Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.
Kalyazin, Russia
Stalin's march toward a more modern USSR flooded a monastery, leaving a unique and extravagant nautical marker, "The Flooded Belfry."
Klin, Russia
The composer did some of his finest work in this country home, including "The Nutcracker."
Jakarta, Indonesia
The country’s first escalator is located in department store filled with batiks and beautiful Indonesian products.
Rendang, Indonesia
Bali’s Mother Temple, a breathtaking complex that rises serenely up the side of an active volcano.
Nyaung-U, Myanmar
Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.
Myingyan, Myanmar
Myanmar's Mount Olympus atop a 2,500-foot volcanic plug.
Mandalay, Myanmar
A grand example of 19th century Burmese teak architecture, and the most significant of Mandalay's historic buildings.
Mandalay, Myanmar
This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."
Mandalay, Myanmar
The oldest teak bridge in the world is made from the remains of a royal palace.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.
Antalya, Turkey
This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.
Beijing, China
Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?
Xian Shi, China
Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.