This nugget of paradise earned its name for obvious reasons.

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

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

Bangkok's take on the High Line is a park on a traffic bridge above the iconic Chao Phraya River.

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

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

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

The largest and, arguably, most scenic fortress in Bhutan.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

This small shrine dedicated to a fish is believed to hold the secrets to this historic market's founding.

This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

This elegant neoclassical garden is a peaceful oasis in the middle of the Nepalese capital.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

This Kathmandu museum, built in an Austrian modernist style, looks like a set from Star Wars.

The oldest Hindu temple complex in Nepal serves as the seat of Nepal’s national deity, Lord Pashupatinath.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

The memorial stands at the intersection of the rivers Morava and Danube.

A series of bronze circus performers spread throughout a Slovakian shopping center.

A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

Brass plaques embedded in pavement preserve the memories of those who lost their lives at the hands of Nazis during World War II.

Often mistaken as a medieval Gothic monument, this unique cornerstone only dates back to the 1980s.