Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

The second largest reclining Buddha in the world got "lost" for over 120 years.

A series of tiny artificial islands rich with produce bob atop the surface of the lake.

The world's largest reclining Buddha, the Giant Buddha of Mudon.

A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.

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

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

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

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

One of the largest caverns in the world has a maw large enough to stack cathedrals in.

Hang out with thousands of butterflies in one of the world's largest such enclosures.

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

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

Watch butterflies take flight before you fly.

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."