The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.

A lush terraced garden full of thousands of colorful roses and mystical art.

A narrow, serpentine spit of sand is constantly eroded and rebuilt by competing currents.

One of the holiest places in the region, devotees come to Tirta Empul to bathe in the holy spring water.

These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

This impressive clifftop temple was once at the center of an international custody dispute.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

A brick building in Kathmandu's Durbar Square is home to Nepal's most prominent living goddess.

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

This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

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

A bulky, ancient stupa marks the site of Siddhartha Gautama's seminal Buddhist teaching.

Known as the leaning temple, the sacred structure has somehow developed a severe nine-degree slant.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.