This enormous gold Buddha statue was hidden inside a stucco decoy for centuries.

A museum in a law office, filled with authentic and counterfeit goods.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

At the right time of day, sunlight floods through the roof of this cave and illuminates the small pavilion hidden within.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

A festival where people vie to be bombarded by exploding clusters of fireworks.

Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

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

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

A three-table eatery sits inside the home-kitchen of a seafood virtuoso in Bangkok's Chinatown.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

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

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

This little Vancouver shack is a temple to all things Hendrix.

The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown is now home to one of Canada’s largest contemporary art collections.