Thailand's tribute to the original "Siamese Twins" Chang and Eng, in the town the famous pair was born in.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

Subterranean place of worship in Indonesia.

A startling, centuries-old subterranean marvel hides in plain sight.

A stupa built to protect Bhutan from evil forces and help bring peace to the world.

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

The nation’s first institution dedicated to the conservation of Bhutanese textiles.

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.

An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

This Bangkok high-rise looks like a rudimentary LEGO elephant.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

The skeletons, demons, and corpses serve as a warning of the terrors of Buddhist Hell.

The cemetery houses the remains of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, one of Japan's most famous novelists.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

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

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.