The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

One of the largest amphitheaters in Europe is a former Nazi gathering place that still stands today.

This oddly beautiful water cistern is a techno-temple to the wet stuff and a multimedia masterpiece.

An abandoned Jewish sanatorium is tucked within the woods of Poland.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

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

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

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

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

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

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

From dragonfruit to mangoes to durian this Thailand resort allows guests to stay inside all manner of giant fruit.

During the rainy season, this temple is almost entirely submerged, accessible only by boat.

Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

You can walk up Thailand’s naturally non-slip waterfall.

A meditative walk up 353 stairs leads to a majestic white Buddha overlooking Pai.

This serene bamboo walkway allows Buddhist monks from remote temples access to the nearby village.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.