This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.

The largest radio telescope in the world searches for extraterrestrial life from the remote limestone peaks of southern China.

It took an artist 20 years to create this sprawling sculpture garden honoring the area's ancient inhabitants.

Two ancient Buddhist temples crown this dramatic rocky pinnacle.

Hidden behind musical flora and forgotten for over a thousand years, this cave is now a neon dream.

A natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.

270 million year-old forest of stone.

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

This striking landscape in northern Vietnam contains both geological and archaeological wonders.

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

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

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

The wartime prison now features haunting sculpted reenactments of the atrocities that took place there.

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

A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.

A quick and simple solution to Cambodia's train woes.

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

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 battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

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

An abandoned Cambodian resort that mirrored the downfall of the country as it was happening.

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

One of the biggest markets in Asia, under one of the continent's largest domes.