This magnificent white pagoda was constructed to resemble a sacred Buddhist mountain.

Amazingly, this centuries-old wooden monastery is still standing today.

How often do you find security guards patrolling tropical beaches to protect rare sea turtles from poachers? 

The second largest reclining Buddha in the world got "lost" for over 120 years.

These muddy eruptions are less deadly than actual volcanoes but also more holy.

The island that holds the world-record for largest human massacre caused by animals.

This extravagant villa built by a Burmese merchant is part pagoda and part European mansion.

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

The tower claims to be the world's only pagoda made entirely from Myanmar's lucrative gemstone.

The world's largest reclining Buddha, the Giant Buddha of Mudon.

An eerie abandoned gentlemen's club built for British officials during the colonial era.

A vast, otherworldly collection of Buddhist stupas.

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

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

Myanmar's Mount Olympus atop a 2,500-foot volcanic plug.

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

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

Luxurious devotion and 500,000 images of Buddha in Myanmar.

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

Caves full of Buddhist statues, incredible rock formations and a deserted lagoon.

A precariously perched golden rock defies gravity and brings pilgrims from across Myanmar.

A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.

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

This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.