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

At the right time of day, sunlight floods through the roof of this cave and illuminates the small pavilion hidden within.

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

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

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

Taiwan's only erotically-themed restaurant brings the comedy back to sex and dinner.

A memorial to the thousands of political dissidents imprisoned during the 38-year period of martial law in Taiwan.

A festival where people vie to be bombarded by exploding clusters of fireworks.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

A secret passageway from World War II is now a quirky pedestrian shortcut.

A nostalgic restaurant evokes life in Taiwan from the 1940s to the 1970s.

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

Looking for a crappy restaurant? Pull up a porcelain bowl and enjoy your meal.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

This small island declared independence from South Korea in the hopes of attracting tourists.

Its humdrum facade only adds to its electrifying appeal: a rooftop with panoramic views of a shapeshifting metropolis.

Throughout this South Korean village, homes and businesses are covered in fantastic handpainted murals.