Places Amy Laichareonsup Wants to Go

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Established hundreds of years ago, Gandan remains the premier Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar.

People have been scribbling on this massive chunk of granite for more than 1,500 years.

The oldest Buddhist monastery in Mongolia has survived centuries of invasions, political shifts, and religious purges.

This was once the largest city in Kazakhstan, and a major stop on the Silk Road.

Iconic pyramid from famed British architect Norman Foster designed to represent all of the world's religious faiths.

A Stalinist prison camp for the wives and children of men accused of betraying the Soviet state is now a memorial museum.

Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.

The origin of this sinisterly shaped forest is rooted in mystery.

These oldest of these "embroidered stones" were carved 4,000 years ago in a high mountain valley.

Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.

This village was once a thriving Soviet uranium mining center, but is now semi-abandoned and desolate.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

Final palace complex of the last of 29 Kokand rulers.

The Pamir Highway between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan takes a mere hour driving through a stretch of No Man’s Land.

The largest dam in the world and the site of a potential disaster.

A massive, abstract lookout tower providing a panoramic view of Prague.

This trio of reliefs—an ear, a mouth, and a pair of eyes—carved into the walls of flooded quarries is a monument to spying.