This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

This piece of peacetime naval wreckage memorializes the tragic sinking of the USS Maine--an event which sparked the Spanish-American war.

One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.

Dating back to the fourth century, it's the oldest Hindu temple still in use in the Kathmandu Valley.

Towering at a height of over 30 meters, this turn-of-the-18th-century landmark is the tallest temple in Nepal.

Nepal's first aviation museum found a logical home in the most unexpected place.

Nailing a coin to this holy stump is just another way to ask the gods for relief from dental pain.

A Himalayan monastery claims to have a piece of a centuries-old abominable snowman.

Named after the Goddess of Harvests, Annapurna is the deadliest member of the Eight-thousanders club.

Landbridge created by the South Korean version of Moses.

Asia's largest limestone cave is home to a world of plastic goblins and gold mining history.

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

A thriving surf community exists in relative remoteness along the former boundary between North and South Korea.

The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.

A monument to the two U.S. officers killed by North Korean troops while trying to trim a poplar tree.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

The highest monastery in the world operates a tiny guesthouse with doors open to all.