This monument sits at the foot of a mountain from which legend says enslaved people jumped to their deaths.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.

For more than half a millennia, this automaton has rung an hourly bell.

The most elaborate of 12 medieval arched doorways to the old city of Burgos.

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.

This hike brings visitors closer to Taipei 101, once the world’s tallest building, than any other trail.

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

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

This underwater sculpture park is the basis for a manmade coral reef.

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

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

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

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

It took 28 years to build this massive statue of the Hindu god Vishnu riding a mythical bird.

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

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

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

A half-century-old handmade dim sum joint opens daily at 3:00 a.m.

A symbol of hope, survival, and national character, especially after it rose phoenix like from the flames.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

The monastery survived the Communist revolution in Mongolia as a religious museum.

Established hundreds of years ago, Gandan remains the premier Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar.