Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

A memorial to the monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.

This historic spot was where America's involvement in the Vietnam War officially came to an end.

Mount Tambora is the site of the largest and deadliest volcanic eruption in recorded human history.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

These broken shards of ancient ruin may hide an ancient pyramid.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

A palace-fortress ruin in Indonesia complete with legends of two magical tigers, eight bathing angels, and a wish-granting cannon.

It took 28 years to build this massive statue of the Hindu god Vishnu riding a mythical bird.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

A newspaper editor turned this abandoned island into a tortoise nature preserve that's now the world's smallest national park.

This nugget of paradise earned its name for obvious reasons.

A surprising number of shipwrecks visible just off the Somaliland coast.

Two cannon-like cranes were installed on top of the bank building to fend off bad feng shui.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

This grand building inspired by classic Islamic architecture is home to a seat of provincial government.

Founded by French colonists in 1919, this mountain resort has been transformed into one-of-a-kind theme park.

This 17th-century fort, built by the Dutch to control a piece of the international spice trade, is now a city park.

One of the largest caverns in the world has a maw large enough to stack cathedrals in.

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.