Places AlexOnAdventure Wants to Go

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

The river depicted in the antiwar film 'Apocalypse Now' was likely based on this Mekong tributary.

Arguing within this idyllic, circular volcanic lake is forbidden.

More than 100 Hindu temples are slowly being swallowed by the forest.

This impressive clifftop temple was once at the center of an international custody dispute.

This Cambodian riverbed is covered in ancient Hindu carvings both above and below the waters.

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

A surprisingly large and sturdy ruin on the outskirts of a remote village.

No one is quite sure of the origins of these idyllic natural hot springs at an abandoned mountain resort.

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

Former island in the Aral Sea used to be a top-secret Russian bio-weapons facility.

Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.

One of the most horrible legacies of the Cold War is a site where the Soviet Union tested nuclear bombs on civilians.

A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.

The lovely lake that was naturally dammed, then naturally destroyed, then unnaturally saved.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

The remains of a monument in the remote Kazakhstani desert dedicated to the only men to die in outer space, the crew of the Soyuz 11 rocket.

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

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.