This Bhutanese site is one of eight sacred locales established by a revered 14th-century Buddhist master.

According to legend, this temple was built to pin down the body of a demoness who lay across the Himalayas.

A golden temple atop a sacred mountain, known for its giant effigy of the revered Pu Xian.

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

This remote Himalayan temple is in danger of being completely washed away by a melting glacier.

The world's largest Tibetan refugee settlement.

Miraculous vase predicts the future at this Tibetan Buddhist site in the Himalayas.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

Stretching almost 2,000 feet, this painting is one of the longest pieces of Buddhist artwork in the world.

This peaceful gem in upstate New York was chosen as the future home of the 14th Dalai Lama's Library and Museum.

A Tibetan Temple and Buddhist organization just off the beaten path in Northern California.

Believed to hold the remains of Japan's most infamous fox spirit, this stone is said to kill those who dare approach.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

This mountain's identity is stuck somewhere between a nightmare and a scenic tourist attraction.

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

A 1940's shrine dedicated to drowned fishermen on the outskirts of Honolulu.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

Two ancient Buddhist temples crown this dramatic rocky pinnacle.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

One of Bhutan's oldest temples was purportedly built to halt a giant female ogre from preventing the spread of Buddhism across Tibet.

This penis-focused monastery is dedicated to Buddhism's "Divine Madman."

The mummified remains of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, Russia's most important Buddhist.