An ornate tomb pays tribute to one of the most influential and cherished military leaders in Vietnam's history.

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

One of the oldest temples in Ho Chi Minh City, dedicated to a deified Chinese military leader.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

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

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

Hidden behind musical flora and forgotten for over a thousand years, this cave is now a neon dream.

Natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

The largest tea plantation in Southeast Asia supplies gorgeous vistas alongside tea for the surrounding countries.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A small subculture of boat dwellers keep their traditional way of living alive at this Hong Kong Typhoon Shelter.