Hakone, Japan
Hakone Open-Air Museum
Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.
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Hakone, Japan
Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.
Nara, Japan
This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.
Tampaksiring, Indonesia
One of the holiest places in the region, devotees come to Tirta Empul to bathe in the holy spring water.
Mahabalipuram, India
This precariously balanced boulder is said to be a hunk of stolen butter dropped by the gods.
Cebu City, Philippines
This holy site either displays a centuries-old cross or a complete fake.
Corella, Philippines
A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.
Sierra Bullones, Philippines
Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.
Singapore
Historic bar where the Singapore Sling cocktail was invented.
Singapore
Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.
Singapore
A historical convent known for taking in bad luck babies left on its doorstep is now an upscale shopping center.
Singapore
This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."
Singapore
Terrapins of all colors and shapes are quick to bring fascination (and possibly long life) at this museum.
Singapore
This house is one of the most colorful in the country, and is the last remaining example of a historic villa.
Singapore
Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.
Singapore
This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.
Singapore
A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.
Xian Shi, China
A life-sized imperial army, buried in battle formation, has stood underground for over 2,000 years—built not for war, but for eternity.
Xian Shi, China
An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.
Xuzhou, China
These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.
Shanghai, China
A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.
Shanghai, China
A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.
Shanghai, China
Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.
Beijing, China
This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.
Beijing, China
The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.