A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

The first version of this stalwart construction appeared around 3,000 years ago.

The world's second-tallest flagpole stands proud despite dropping rank.

The remains of an ancient city-state along the Silk Road.

Where the father of Persian poetry is laid to rest.

The largest Lenin statue in Central Asia was moved to an empty field rather than being destroyed.

This ancient Silk Road outpost overlooking the Wakhan Valley is miraculously still standing.

A building facade covered with the statues of 11 giants of Tajik literature.

The largest dam in the world and the site of a potential disaster.

Taiwan's only erotically-themed restaurant brings the comedy back to sex and dinner.

An imperial art museum offers edible versions of its most treasured displays in an on-site fine-dining restaurant.

This densely-packed cluster of buildings was saved from the wrecking ball and turned into an art community.

A Buddhist temple covered in intricate designs and carvings made out of seashells and pieces of coral.

Hakka-style teahouse where everybody grinds their own tea.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

Taiwan's last Chinese character letterpress preserves the dying art of Chinese character mold making.

These charming mailboxes became social media stars after a typhoon failed to topple them.

This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

A nostalgic restaurant evokes life in Taiwan from the 1940s to the 1970s.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.