Visit the iconic Itsukushima Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage site known for its floating torii gate on Miyajima Island in Japan
Japan's first capital: the Great Buddha of Todai-ji and 1,200 bowing deer in the park around it.
The gilded Toshogu shrine of the Tokugawa shoguns in a cedar forest, with the Kegon waterfall above.
Eighth-century Buddhist temple of stone pagodas and painted halls, paired with the Seokguram grotto Buddha above it.
Ruined former Siamese capital, UNESCO-listed.
Ancient temple that gave Macau its name.
Kushite temples standing alone in the desert east of the Nile.
Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple.
Angkor Thomโs central temple, where 200 giant serene stone faces stare from 54 towers.
One of the worldโs largest stupas, ringed by prayer wheels and monasteries.
The "citadel of women": pink sandstone carved so finely it is called the jewel of Khmer art.
The temple left to the jungle โ silk-cotton roots strangle its walls, famous from Tomb Raider.
Medieval Newar royal square of pagodas and wood-carved palaces.
Judaismโs holiest prayer site, the retaining wall of the Second Temple.
Colonnaded temple in the middle of Luxor, best at night when the pharaonic statues and obelisk are floodlit.
Ramesses II's colossal rock-cut temples.
Nubian Aswanโs feluccas and islands, plus the Temple of Isis moved stone by stone to escape the rising Nile.
Towering 9th-century Hindu temple compound near Yogyakarta.
Rock-cut cave temples in Maharashtra, crowned by the monolithic Kailasa temple.
Boulder-strewn ruins of the Vijayanagara empire along the Tungabhadra river.
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