Places AlexOnAdventure Wants to Go

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

How often do you find security guards patrolling tropical beaches to protect rare sea turtles from poachers? 

This remote island known for its balancing boulder may have inspired Peter Pan's Neverland.

Amazingly, this centuries-old wooden monastery is still standing today.

This extravagant villa built by a Burmese merchant is part pagoda and part European mansion.

These muddy eruptions are less deadly than actual volcanoes but also more holy.

An eerie abandoned gentlemen's club built for British officials during the colonial era.

The island that holds the world-record for largest human massacre caused by animals.

A Buddha-filled cave that is named after a giant monster spider.

The tower claims to be the world's only pagoda made entirely from Myanmar's lucrative gemstone.

A series of tiny artificial islands rich with produce bob atop the surface of the lake.

A grand example of 19th century Burmese teak architecture, and the most significant of Mandalay's historic buildings.

A vast, otherworldly collection of Buddhist stupas.

The oldest teak bridge in the world is made from the remains of a royal palace.

These serpents are considered holy and pampered accordingly.

Myanmar's Mount Olympus atop a 2,500-foot volcanic plug.

This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."

This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.

Luxurious devotion and 500,000 images of Buddha in Myanmar.

Caves full of Buddhist statues, incredible rock formations and a deserted lagoon.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

A precariously perched golden rock defies gravity and brings pilgrims from across Myanmar.