Nestled against the majestic Ba Mountain, this historic spiritual sanctuary features one of the tallest outdoor Buddha statues in Southeast Asia overlooking the ocean.

Hidden within a massive coastal lagoon, this secret mangrove forest serves as a vital sanctuary for rare and elusive water bird species.

Carved through granite boulder fields and primeval forests, this roaring river valley once served as the secret naval training ground for the legendary Tay Son insurgency.

Standing as a 12th-century architectural titan, this trio of brick structures boasts the tallest surviving Cham tower in Vietnam, reaching an impressive height of 38 meters.

Perched atop a lonely 76-meter hill overlooking the plains, this 12th-century Cham sanctuary was historically dubbed the Golden Tower by French scholars due to the warm, glowing hue of its ancient bricks.

Built upon the ancestral homeland of Vietnam's most legendary peasant uprising, this dynamic museum preserves centuries-old relics and thunderous battle arts tied to Emperor Quang Trung.

Perched atop an isolated 779-meter mountain peak, this enigmatic Cham ruin remains shrouded in mystery regarding its age and purpose.

When the sun sets, the customers arrive—but they’re not human.

The exorbitant price of paradise.

A narrow, serpentine spit of sand is constantly eroded and rebuilt by competing currents.

The world's seventh-largest coral reef contains an incredible amount of biodiversity.

Fine dining 20 feet below the surface in the Indian Ocean.

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.

Dive for drinks at Croatia's first and only underwater winery.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

Where British troops serving on the remote islands paid tribute to their faraway hometowns.

The southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world has whale bones standing in its yard.

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.