This quiet area of Yunnan Province annually transforms into an unbelievable sea of yellow flowers.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

270 million year-old forest of stone.

Gigantic unfinished stupa and the world's 2nd largest bell.

This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."

A grand example of 19th century Burmese teak architecture, and the most significant of Mandalay's historic buildings.

A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.

The oldest teak bridge in the world is made from the remains of a royal palace.

These serpents are considered holy and pampered accordingly.

A Buddha-filled cave that is named after a giant monster spider.

A phallic shrine to a princess goddess in Krabi, Thailand.

Small Chinese fishing village impeccably maintained for visitors.

A deserted 20-lane highway runs through Myanmar's empty capital city.

A vast, otherworldly collection of Buddhist stupas.

Surat Thani's official flower—and the world's largest—smells of rotting meat.

A complex and beautiful system of rice terraces covers a million acres over the mountains.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

These crumbling towers are some of the last remnants of a centuries-old Vietnamese culture.

This tiny Vietnamese village is known for eating snakes and serving their still-beating hearts in shots of vodka.

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

A small museum in the Golden Triangle tells the story of the opium drug trade that gripped Northern Thailand.

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

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.