An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

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

This underwater sculpture park is the basis for a manmade coral reef.

A Balinese resort, empty and trapped in time.

This mysteriously shaped boulder may have been used for human sacrifice in ancient times.

This mysterious tower is said to enshrine a dormant seven-headed serpent that once protected Vientiane from destruction.

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

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

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

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

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

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

One of the holiest places in the region, devotees come to Tirta Empul to bathe in the holy spring water.

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.

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

The oldest museum in Borneo is a cornucopia of rare taxidermy and human skulls.

A hundred and twenty year old twelve story lighthouse located on a beautiful Indonesian island.

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

A small museum in the Golden Triangle tells the story of the opium drug trade that gripped Northern Thailand.