After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

A small 12th-century temple surrounded by waters believed to have curative properties.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

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

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

This tiny Vietnamese village is known for eating snakes and serving their still-beating hearts in shots of vodka.

The lavish temple of the Cao Dai religion that includes Buddha, Mohammed, Joan of Arc, and Victor Hugo.

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

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

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

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

The official meeting point for the oddly named governing assembly of ancient Sweden.