The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

Jumping-off point for a climb up Mt. Everest is the most dangerous airport in the world.

Last stop before the top of the highest peak in the world.

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

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

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

Nailing a coin to this holy stump is just another way to ask the gods for relief from dental pain.

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

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

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

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

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

Visible from both land and sea.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

Ha Long Bay's "Cave of Surprises" houses a popular phallic rock formation.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.