Thimphu, Bhutan
Buddha Dordenma Statue
This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.
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Thimphu, Bhutan
This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.
Punakha, Bhutan
This penis-focused monastery is dedicated to Buddhism's "Divine Madman."
Paro, Bhutan
This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.
Mandalay, Myanmar
This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."
Hpa-An, Myanmar
Caves full of Buddhist statues, incredible rock formations and a deserted lagoon.
Mawlamyine, Myanmar
The world's largest reclining Buddha, the Giant Buddha of Mudon.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Beatlemania is still going strong... at least in Kazakhstan.
Aralsk, Kazakhstan
Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.
Astana, Kazakhstan
Iconic pyramid from famed British architect Norman Foster designed to represent all of the world's religious faiths.
Astana, Kazakhstan
A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.
Astana, Kazakhstan
An entertainment center in a huge transparent tent.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan
World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.
Gokdepe, Turkmenistan
This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.
Koytendag, Turkmenistan
A cave covered with bizarre stalactites of cloth.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
London, England
The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.