Annual street carnival celebrating Indonesian heritage.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

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

This sacred cave temple is home to thousands of bats and according to legend, a giant snake king.

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."

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

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

Shrine dedicated to boars that is believed to cure foot and leg injuries.

This 22-floor tower's Skydeck offers panoramic views of Amsterdam.

When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

Now a museum, this building was once a 14th-century monastery and the place where the founder of the Dutch nation lived and was assassinated.