This elaborate temple was built around one of the Buddha's teeth.

Huge herds of Asian elephants can be seen walking, bathing, and just chilling at this Sri Lankan park.

Once thought to be the Garden of Eden it holds a holy footprint claimed to belong to Adam, Buddha and Shiva.

This mesmerizing architectural wonder will take your breath away with its unusual color patterns.

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

The oldest Hindu temple complex in Nepal serves as the seat of Nepal’s national deity, Lord Pashupatinath.

This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

The final resting place of 19th-century sailors previously banned from being buried within Portuguese Macau.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

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

This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

Legend has it a commoner volunteered to be buried alive in the foundation so that the great fortress could be built.

A bulky, ancient stupa marks the site of Siddhartha Gautama's seminal Buddhist teaching.

Also known as the "Red Taj Mahal."

The site of an atrocity that would be used to justify Britain’s conquest of India.

A pair of nearly 1,000-year-old temples profusely covered in meticulous stone carvings.

Over 3 miles up in the Himalayas this pass is one of the highest drivable roads in the world.

The potters' quarter is packed with artists sculpting clay gods with mud from the sacred Ganges river.

A Zoroastrian funerary tower where excarnation rituals are carried out is threatened by the area's dwindling vulture population.

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.