A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

The birthplace of Japanese coinage.

A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

Dedicated to improving the plight of the rare scaly anteater.

This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.

This network of tunnels housed an entire village for years, and even had a hall for screening movies.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

How often do you find security guards patrolling tropical beaches to protect rare sea turtles from poachers? 

World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.

A quaint village where bomb casings from the Second Indochina War have been repurposed into mundane objects.

More than 100 Hindu temples are slowly being swallowed by the forest.

Myanmar's beautiful cemetery for Allied soldiers who perished during World War II.

An eerie abandoned gentlemen's club built for British officials during the colonial era.

This extravagant villa built by a Burmese merchant is part pagoda and part European mansion.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

The Thai Army has dug deep trenches along the Thai/Myanmar border to prevent drug smuggling.

A mile-long navigable cave adorned with stalactites and stalagmites reaching up to 65 feet tall.

Eat like a bird in a bamboo nest.