The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

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

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

This holy site either displays a centuries-old cross or a complete fake.

It is believed that the historic tower is sinking at a rate of an inch a year, though no one is completely sure why.

This belfry is all that remains of the town that was buried by a violent volcano eruption.

Church organ in the Philippines constructed out of bamboo.

A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.

Bohol's mysterious brown hills.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

The largest tea plantation in Southeast Asia supplies gorgeous vistas alongside tea for the surrounding countries.

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

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.