A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

You'll never meet anyone this passionate about elephant droppings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The final resting place of 19th-century sailors previously banned from being buried within Portuguese Macau.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

A KFC honors an eighth-century Chinese poet with holograms and verse.

An ancient Chinese temple where even the emperor dressed like a farmer in the name of the harvest.

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.