Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

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

A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

Watch butterflies take flight before you fly.

One man's hand-sculpted collection of colorful masks representing a host of gruesome spirits.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.

A small 12th-century temple surrounded by waters believed to have curative properties.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

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

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

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

Have fun at the world's first Buddhist waterslide park.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.