Visit Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion)

Endless vermilion torii gates in Kyoto.

Visit the White Temple, a unique contemporary Buddhist temple in Thailand known for its intricate white architecture and symbolic art

Gilded boulder balanced on a cliff edge, crowned by a small stupa.

Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple.

One of Shinto’s holiest shrines, said to house the sacred sword of the imperial regalia, set in a 1,000-year-old camphor forest.

Buddhist temple where three million people come at New Year to ward off bad luck — and where the incense-smoke ritual is part of the visit.

One of the world’s largest stupas, ringed by prayer wheels and monasteries.

Fifteen rocks in raked gravel, arranged so you can never see all fifteen at once.