This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A 13th-century convent where St. Margaret of Hungary spent her teenage years.

On a teardrop-shaped island in the Danube, the ruins of a convent and the final resting place of a saint.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.

Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

This enormous gold Buddha statue was hidden inside a stucco decoy for centuries.

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

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

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

Bombed and burned, this monument represents the often controversial ties between Vietnam and Cambodia.

The largest mosque in Cambodia was built to unite the country's Muslim community but soon sparked division and controversy instead.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

A quick and simple solution to Cambodia's train woes.

A gruesome memorial for those lost in this area during the Khmer Rouge genocide.

Limestone caves in the Cambodian countryside, once the site of genocide, now a place of peaceful beauty.

This impressive clifftop temple was once at the center of an international custody dispute.

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

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

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

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

This antique shop offers affordable 15th-century Vietnamese ceramics salvaged from a local shipwreck.

One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.