Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.

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

Fowl, love and death in Vietnam.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

For a century, the tallest building in Tasmania was a tower built to manufacture ammunition.

Granite rocks that concentrate waves into powerful jets.

Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.

The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

The largest necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere.

Roadside attraction outside of a recycling center.