This enormous gold Buddha statue was hidden inside a stucco decoy for centuries.

In this rare traditional factory, three generations of know-how, several strong cows, and a one-ton mortar come together to make Yogyakarta's famous "ugly noodles."

This candy-pink cathedral of Da Nang is also known as the Chicken Church.

One of Ayutthaya’s most iconic locations is a mysterious, hauntingly surreal miracle.

The site of a Japanese traders’ settlement that once thrived in Ayutthaya, if for less than a century.

A forsaken beachfront condo abandoned after the Boxing Day Tsunami.

A mile-long navigable cave adorned with stalactites and stalagmites reaching up to 65 feet tall.

Riding on a pair of architectural dragons, this Thailand temple holds murals full of lurid imagery.

The long underground cave's curiously shaped stalagmites have inspired many legends.

An amalgam of precariously balanced boulders, ancient petroglyphs, and Buddhist shrines.

An enormous Buddha peers through a gap in its ruined chamber.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.