George Town, Malaysia
Cheong Fatt Tze's Blue Mansion
Once the private home of China’s most legendary tycoon, getting inside this stunning mansion no longer requires an elite pedigree or acts of daring.
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Batu Caves, Malaysia
Batu Caves
Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.
Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
Crystal Mosque
Extravagant mosque honors modern Islam.
Vientiane, Laos
Xieng Khuan (Buddha Park)
More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
War Remnants Museum
Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.
Huế, Vietnam
Thien Mu Pagoda
Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.
Hanoi, Vietnam
B-52 Wreckage
Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.
Clifton Hill, Australia
Clifton Hill Shot Tower
The largest shot tower in Australia is a unique reminder of industrial ammunitions history.
Goulburn, Australia
Big Merino
Three-story concrete ram with a permanent gift shop.
Coffs Harbour, Australia
Big Banana
One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.
Melbourne, Australia
Cow Up a Tree
This piece of Australian modern art is part joke and part history.
Parkes, Australia
Parkes Radio Telescope
This giant dish located in a sheep paddock was the primary receiver of Apollo 11 TV transmissions.
Sydney, Australia
Waverley Cemetery
A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.
Melbourne, Australia
Flinders Street Station Ballroom
An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.
Bicheno, Australia
Bicheno Blowhole
Granite rocks that concentrate waves into powerful jets.
Melbourne, Australia
Coop's Shot Tower
This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.
Ventnor, Australia
Penguin Parade At Phillip Island
An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.
Sydney, Australia
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Katoomba, Australia
Three Sisters
This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.
Fraser Island, Australia
SS Maheno
WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.
Port Arthur, Australia
Port Arthur Penal Colony
Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.
Kiama, Australia
Kiama Blowhole
This massive water spout has been luring visitors for hundreds of years, some to their death.
Millers Point, Australia
Sydney Observatory
This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.
Coober Pedy, Australia
Coober Pedy
An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.
