An American mascot that became a lucky god in Japan, enshrined in a city far from the main center of his worship.

Hundreds of statues of Buddha’s disciples meditating, napping, sneezing, and picking their noses.

The site of a Japanese traders’ settlement that once thrived in Ayutthaya, if for less than a century.

Chronicling the history of Thailand’s unique currencies, from the silver “bullet money” to porcelain gambling tokens of various shapes.

Founded during the Ayutthaya era, this unique Buddhist temple remains shipshape to this day.

This Khmer temple is named after a young woman who sacrificed herself to protect the city from a disastrous deluge.

This mysterious tower is said to enshrine a dormant seven-headed serpent that once protected Vientiane from destruction.

Perhaps the only one of its kind, the nearly-forgotten site once held mortal (and rigged) gladiatorial games between tigers and imperial war elephants.

This antique shop offers affordable 15th-century Vietnamese ceramics salvaged from a local shipwreck.

A small museum dedicated to Vietnam’s lesser-known Iron Age culture.

Home to the world's largest collection of ancient Champa's sculptural works, featuring many Hindu and Buddhist deities.

This candy-pink cathedral of Da Nang is also known as the Chicken Church.

A small section in the Bank of Korea Museum dedicated to the many varieties of the Joseon dynasty’s iconic coinage.

Collected from all around Seoul, thousands of secondhand books create this photogenic tunnel.

Booksellers and public artworks fill this vibrant promenade along the disused railroad tracks.

This ancient Corinthian helmet is South Korea’s only national treasure of Western origin.

Celebrating the history of Hangul, the Korean writing system invented by King Sejong to improve his realm’s literacy.

Visit the real-life site of the fictional pizzeria in Bong Joon-Ho's film Parasite.

The site where the Emperor of Korea performed the long-forbidden "rite of heaven" to demonstrate his absolute sovereignty.

The largest cluster of the Joseon dynasty’s royal tombs, home to the burial sites of 17 kings and queens.

It is rumored that if you spot this little golden frog hiding in plain sight, good luck will come your way.

The birthplace of the Japanese idiom "wet clothes" meaning “false accusation."

In the oldest zen temple stands a descendant of the very tree that introduced tea to Japanese culture.

This is no ordinary coffee chain outlet—it's an architectural masterpiece.