A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

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

Ha Long Bay's "Cave of Surprises" houses a popular phallic rock formation.

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

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.

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

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

Have tea in a cemetery with a dazzling view of Istanbul.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

Chronicling the history of Thailand’s unique currencies, from the silver “bullet money” to porcelain gambling tokens of various shapes.

The pillars inside this small, ornate shrine hold Bangkok's horoscope within them.

This enormous gold Buddha statue was hidden inside a stucco decoy for centuries.

This most unusual dragon is made of recycled Chinese cutlery.

This statue took 60 years to complete.

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

One of Ayutthaya’s most iconic locations is a mysterious, hauntingly surreal miracle.

A quaint village where bomb casings from the Second Indochina War have been repurposed into mundane objects.

These bamboo and rope bridges cross the Nam Khan River for six months every year.

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.