Cambodia

Located an hour from Angkor Wat, this temple hidden in the jungle is perhaps the best place to feel like Lara Croft or Indiana Jones.

This pyramid-shaped Hindu temple was built around 950 and is guarded at the corners by beautifully-preserved sculptures of harnessed elephants.

This 10th-century complex consists of a pyramidal temple-mountain with five square shrines on the top tier. This was probably a royal crematorium.

This massive Buddhist monastery dates from the late 12th century and is surrounded by four concentric walls. Each entrance is decorated with garuda holding aloft the four faces of Avalokiteshvara.

Located on the site of the royal palace in Angkor Thom, this is another pyramidal representation of the mythical Mt. Meru. Most of the decorative features are broken, but it is an interesting structure and can be climbed.

According to legend, a 14th-century woman named Penh found sacred Buddhist objects in a nearby river and placed them here on the small hill that is now home to Wat Phnom.

This vast archaeological site in the jungles of Cambodia contains the famous Angkor Wat and dozens of other spectacular Khmer temples.