One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

Taihape's claim to fame is a fictional Kiwi farmer wearing gumboots.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

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

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

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

This whimsically named Vietnamese stream is closer to a walkway than a waterway.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

After a 2004 tsunami, this stranded boat was left in place.

Site of the largest volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years, one which may have nearly wiped out humanity altogether.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

Subterranean place of worship in Indonesia.

This Indonesian village was revitalized by a vibrant rainbow paint job.

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

The unique design was created by the traditional way communal rice paddies were divided among the indigenous people.