Ha Long Bay's "Cave of Surprises" houses a popular phallic rock formation.

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.

A secluded, little-known temple hidden amid the dense jungle.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

A small 12th-century temple surrounded by waters believed to have curative properties.

Located off a bustling strip, a silent teahouse employs workers with hearing- or speech-related disabilities.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.

When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

In the world's most bombed country relative to its size, this incredible organization helps pick up the pieces.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

A quaint village where bomb casings from the Second Indochina War have been repurposed into mundane objects.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

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

A Buddhist shrine in a cave protected by macaques next to dark passages lined with creepy paintings.

This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.

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

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

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.