The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.

Once the private home of China’s most legendary tycoon, getting inside this stunning mansion no longer requires an elite pedigree or acts of daring.

Shoes and revealing shirts are not allowed inside this giant Vietnamese Christ.

The wartime prison now features haunting sculpted reenactments of the atrocities that took place there.

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

A small statue of child Jesus given by Magellan in 1521

This holy site either displays a centuries-old cross or a complete fake.

Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.

A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.

Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.

A vast personal collection of World War II artifacts unearthed over many years by a father-son duo.

A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.

Four distinctly unique gardens commemorate the POWs who lost their lives during the Sandakan Death Marches of 1945.

A well kept and well documented look at the Bruneian Sultan's life and successes.

A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

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

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

This historic Australian bridge was built by convicts with giant stone spikes to prevent cattle from falling off the sides.

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

This eccentric cave dwelling is bizarre even by the standards of a subterranean town.