Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

This elephant kraal is the only one remaining in Thailand, dating back to the 16th century when these massive mammals were integral players in war and trade.

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

This sacred cave temple is home to thousands of bats and according to legend, a giant snake king.

Exotic, erotic, and esoteric, one artist's live-in Bali gallery brings a splash of color and madness to its surroundings.

This rare wildlife haven in Singapore feels like you're in the tropical rainforest.

One of Indonesia's tallest, this waterfall takes a 390-foot plunge into the Lake Toba caldera.

In this Balinese village, coconut shells containing placentas are hung from trees.

An Indonesian mosque styled after St. Basil's Cathedral.

This Javanese-Hindu temple from the 15th century is unmissable for anyone with even a passing interest in erotic art.

It took 28 years to build this massive statue of the Hindu god Vishnu riding a mythical bird.

Subterranean place of worship in Indonesia.

The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

This Sumatran root bridge took almost 30 years to knit itself together.

One native village in Bali lays their dead at the foot of a holy tree whose natural fragrance seems to hide the stench as the bodies decompose.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

An independent bookstore and press with a large collection of local and English-language literature.

Colorful umbrella-covered trees in Singapore's Little India look straight out of Dr. Seuss.

An artist crafted this lonely left hand as an imagined relic from Singapore's history.

Watch butterflies take flight before you fly.