Cartoon clouds and nature-inspired murals have transformed the streets of Kuala Lumpur.

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

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

A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

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

One of the holiest places in the region, devotees come to Tirta Empul to bathe in the holy spring water.

This jam-packed Singapore antique museum preserves the fading remnants of a uniquely mixed culture.

Colorful umbrella-covered trees in Singapore's Little India look straight out of Dr. Seuss.

A public statue crafted by Singapore's pioneering sculptor, Ng Eng Teng.

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

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

A gift from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, this is the only statue of the Soviet dictator in Southeast Asia.

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

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

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

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

This tomb's name derives from a famous painting of a white horse found inside.

This grand temple complex from the Old Silla era of Korea is home to a stone pagoda that was build in the 7th century.

Only a few pieces remain of a grand 16th-century water clock that once announced the changing hours with the sound of bells, gongs, and drums.

The supreme shrine of the state.

A remnant of Korea's colonial past lies forgotten in a hip neighborhood in Seoul.

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.