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This niche museum devoted to ancient religious artifacts is shaped like the very thing it displays.

This small primate research island is teeming with playing, fighting wild monkeys.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

The oldest Hindu temple complex in Nepal serves as the seat of Nepal’s national deity, Lord Pashupatinath.

Dating back to the fourth century, it's the oldest Hindu temple still in use in the Kathmandu Valley.

This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

This remote Himalayan temple is in danger of being completely washed away by a melting glacier.

Nailing a coin to this holy stump is just another way to ask the gods for relief from dental pain.

Everything from a plane to your own two feet are needed to reach this jungle resort.

Last stop before the top of the highest peak in the world.

A Himalayan monastery claims to have a piece of a centuries-old abominable snowman.

Named after the Goddess of Harvests, Annapurna is the deadliest member of the Eight-thousanders club.

This elegant neoclassical garden is a peaceful oasis in the middle of the Nepalese capital.

The river depicted in the antiwar film 'Apocalypse Now' was likely based on this Mekong tributary.

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

Arguing within this idyllic, circular volcanic lake is forbidden.

Take a hidden path to the mouth of the cave to watch millions of bats swarm at sunset.

The capital of Cambodia is named after the hill on which this ancient temple complex stands.

More than 100 Hindu temples are slowly being swallowed by the forest.

An abandoned Cambodian resort that mirrored the downfall of the country as it was happening.

This impressive clifftop temple was once at the center of an international custody dispute.

A gruesome memorial for those lost in this area during the Khmer Rouge genocide.

This Cambodian riverbed is covered in ancient Hindu carvings both above and below the waters.

Limestone caves in the Cambodian countryside, once the site of genocide, now a place of peaceful beauty.