Exotic, erotic, and esoteric, one artist's live-in Bali gallery brings a splash of color and madness to its surroundings.

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

One of the largest bamboo bridges in Asia, located right next to a bamboo school.

This Indonesian village was revitalized by a vibrant rainbow paint job.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

This Sumatran root bridge took almost 30 years to knit itself together.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

One native village in Bali lays their dead at the foot of a holy tree whose natural fragrance seems to hide the stench as the bodies decompose.

A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.

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

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

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.

A statue of traditional Kazakh dancers adds some beauty to this Soviet-era mining city.

A Stalinist prison camp for the wives and children of men accused of betraying the Soviet state is now a memorial museum.

This sprawling market is a one-stop shop for traditional Kazakh foods, from mare’s milk to sheep’s head.

A collection of Lenin busts and other Soviet Era statues sit idly behind the Semipalatinsk Hotel.

A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.

Avenue of trees planted by cosmonauts before their space departures.

An entertainment center in a huge transparent tent.

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.