American bombs, morbid memorabilia, and graphic photographs tell the story of the CIA-led “Secret War” from the Pathet Lao perspective.

These bamboo and rope bridges cross the Nam Khan River for six months every year.

Every spring, this walkway outside the Japan Mint turns into a cherry blossom tunnel.

The first location of the eventual video game giant.

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

Life-size animals and furniture made entirely from cardboard fill this odd paper-themed restaurant.

Some of the freshest vegetables in Seoul are grown in a subway station.

The name of the only golden Buddhist temple in Korea translates as "the temple that protects the country."

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

A lonely memorial to the 107 victims of Pan Am Flight 812, which crashed in Bali in 1974.

The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.

One of only a handful of seaside temples in Korea, this sacred space is home to a legendary healing Buddha statue and a traffic safety prayer pagoda.

This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

A shrine dedicated to a 10th-century samurai emperor, whose head is not buried on site (contrary to popular belief).

All that remains of an ancient royal palace is a water channel that was used for drinking games.

All that is left of an Armenian community that thrived in Dhaka 200 years ago.

This colorful palace is an oasis of calm amid the hustle and bustle of the Buriganga riverfront.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.