Min Kun, Myanmar
The Mingun Pagoda and Bell
Gigantic unfinished stupa and the world's 2nd largest bell.
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Min Kun, Myanmar
Gigantic unfinished stupa and the world's 2nd largest bell.
Inn Wa, Myanmar
A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.
Nyaung-U, Myanmar
Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.
Dalat, Vietnam
Fowl, love and death in Vietnam.
Phan Thiet, Vietnam
These crumbling towers are some of the last remnants of a centuries-old Vietnamese culture.
Halong City, Vietnam
Ha Long Bay's "Cave of Surprises" houses a popular phallic rock formation.
Đồng Văn, Vietnam
This striking landscape in northern Vietnam contains both geological and archaeological wonders.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.
Da Nang, Vietnam
This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.
Da Nang, Vietnam
This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.
Xuân Trạch, Vietnam
World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.
Iceland
A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.
Iceland
This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.
Reykjavik, Iceland
This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.
Iceland
Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.
Las Palmas, Peru
A jungle cave in Peru of unknown depths, otherworldly sounds, and strange nocturnal birds that navigate by echolocation.
Lima, Peru
Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.
Callahuanca, Peru
A mysterious pre-Incan ruin believed to have miraculous healing powers.
Peru
These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.
Peru
White llama terraces dazzle in Peru's "other Machu Picchu."
Pasco, Peru
Extraordinary rock formations in open Peruvian fields.
Provincia de Bongará, Peru
One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.
Ica, Peru
An unexpected desert oasis in South America.