Built by the Portuguese colonists in the early 16th century, this fort is one of the oldest European structure in Asia.

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.

The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.

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

When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

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

Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

One of the holiest places in the region, devotees come to Tirta Empul to bathe in the holy spring water.

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

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

Bombed and burned, this monument represents the often controversial ties between Vietnam and Cambodia.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

One of the biggest markets in Asia, under one of the continent's largest domes.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

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

A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

A surprising number of shipwrecks visible just off the Somaliland coast.

A MiG-17 fighter jet sits atop this memorial to the indiscriminate bombardment of Hargeisa.

This cave located in the badlands of Somaliland contains some of the oldest cave art in Africa.

A powerful tribute to the victims who suffered under Ethiopia's most devastating regime.

Rusting railcars and locomotive equipment fill this Ethiopian train graveyard.