Places amosner Wants to Go

A small museum in the Golden Triangle tells the story of the opium drug trade that gripped Northern Thailand.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

Riding on a pair of architectural dragons, this Thailand temple holds murals full of lurid imagery.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

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

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

Limestone caves in the Cambodian countryside, once the site of genocide, now a place of peaceful beauty.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

These crumbling towers are some of the last remnants of a centuries-old Vietnamese culture.

Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

A Balinese resort, empty and trapped in time.

The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

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

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

A mesmerizing reservoir nestled at the heart of a pre-Islamic Yemeni village.