These tiered rice paddies were carved into the hillsides 2,000 years ago.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.

Bohol's mysterious brown hills.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

A small alleyway lined with locally drawn scenes of nostalgic anime and cartoon characters.

The tangled roots of a giant banyan tree have fully reclaimed the ruins of this abandoned warehouse.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

One of only a handful of seaside temples in Korea, this sacred space is home to a legendary healing Buddha statue and a traffic safety prayer pagoda.

Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.