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

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

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

Fowl, love and death in Vietnam.

A Surreal flight of architectural fancy in Vietnam's Central Highlands.

This collection of reclaimed landmines acts as both an exhibition of their deadly history and as a shelter for children affected by them.

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.

A secluded, little-known temple hidden amid the dense jungle.

A small 12th-century temple surrounded by waters believed to have curative properties.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

Malaysia's first and only glass temple.

Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.

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

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

The Victoria-era quarantine station for Sydney.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.