One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.

Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

You'll never meet anyone this passionate about elephant droppings.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

An enormous Buddha peers through a gap in its ruined chamber.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

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

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

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s. 

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

A bronze statue to commemorate an Auckland library's beloved feline resident.

A neon-illuminated statue of James Cook at the edge of a historical Auckland wharf makes for an unexpected discovery.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

This 46-foot-tall carving of a legendary Māori navigator can only be visited by boat.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

Referred to as "the crappiest fountain ever," this sculpture has been splashing unknowing passersby since 1969.

Quotes and poems etched on stone plaques are hidden along this waterfront walkway.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.