An 18th-century Nepali-style chorten built to subdue demons and evil spirits.

This 17th-century Bhutanese monastery is ensconced in Buddhist legend.

A stupa built to protect Bhutan from evil forces and help bring peace to the world.

This penis-focused monastery is dedicated to Buddhism's "Divine Madman."

The nation’s first institution dedicated to the conservation of Bhutanese textiles.

Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.

One of Bhutan's oldest temples was purportedly built to stop a giant female ogre from preventing the spread of Buddhism across Tibet.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

The ruins of an abandoned 17th-century fort that was almost completely destroyed by a fire.

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

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.

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

This historic spot was where America's involvement in the Vietnam War officially came to an end.

This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.

Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

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

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

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

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.