This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.

Siddhartha Gautama sat here and received enlightenment.

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

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

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

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

The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.

A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.

The shipyards along the outskirts of the Bangladesh capital are a flurry dangerous boat breaking and rebuilding.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

Known as the wettest place on earth.

A piece of India inside a piece of Bangladesh inside a piece of India inside a piece of Bangladesh.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

This burial cave houses around 100 ancient coffins, neatly stacked to form a massive wall.

Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.

Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.

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

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

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

One man's artistic vision is a small town government's legal battle.