The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

This beautiful eden was once the vacation home of Tahitian royals before Marlon Brando bought it.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.

The world's longest bridge fountain has hundreds of nozzles that create a beautiful, illuminated spectacle.

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.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

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

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.

Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

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

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

A ring of soy sauce bottle bases decorate an important Singaporean landmark.

The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."

A unique, time-transcending work of art depicting the progress of trade in Singapore.

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."