Places mdouangr Wants to Go

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

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

Thousands of bats stream out of caves every night on the edge on Thailand's second largest park.

This departure gate in Austin's airport sends travelers to over 120 imaginary destinations.

The former home of one of America's greatest short story writers is home to an annual pun competition.

At this Austin dive bar, it's been Christmas every day for more than 50 years.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.