A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

American bombs, morbid memorabilia, and graphic photographs tell the story of the CIA-led “Secret War” from the Pathet Lao perspective.

In the world's most bombed country relative to its size, this incredible organization helps pick up the pieces.

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

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.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

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

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

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

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

This network of tunnels housed an entire village for years, and even had a hall for screening movies.

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

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

A Surreal flight of architectural fancy in Vietnam's Central Highlands.

This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.

World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.

A huge maze complex and whimsical miniature village in Tasmania.