One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

Last stop before the top of the highest peak in the world.

Siddhartha Gautama sat here and received enlightenment.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

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

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

The oldest museum in Borneo is a cornucopia of rare taxidermy and human skulls.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

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

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

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

Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.

Granite rocks that concentrate waves into powerful jets.

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

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

This historic Australian bridge was built by convicts with giant stone spikes to prevent cattle from falling off the sides.

This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.

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

The world's tallest shot tower—maybe.

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

Rainforest filled with record-holding eucalyptus.