A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

A sparse, solitary sequoia still stands as a living tribute to the famous conservationist who planted it—but it's dying.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

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

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

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

Peek into the world of those creating the beautiful, delicate paper parasols found all over the globe.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

The largest pool at its elevation sits on top of one of the most expensive resorts in the world.

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."

Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.

This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.

Built by the Portuguese colonists in the early 16th century, this fort is one of the oldest European structure in Asia.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Surat Thani's official flower—and the world's largest—smells of rotting meat.

A sculpture garden built by a retired durian farmer.

Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.