Places aptabali Wants to Go

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

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

A century-old tower with great harbor views in a quiet space, hidden among skyscrapers.

This former monastery in Vietnam now houses a chocolate shop and museum filled with centuries-old taxidermy specimens.

This 1930s train station still gets hundreds of visitors a day despite the fact it only makes a 7-kilometer journey.

Under a breathtaking Buddhist temple in Vietnam is a basement exhibit that takes visitors to hell and back.

A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.

One of the largest bamboo bridges in Asia, located right next to a bamboo school.

Warrior training: The Indonesian tourist trap.

A mud volcano in Indonesia spews out 50,000 cubic meters of mud every day.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

Don’t miss the local staple of rice vermicelli with charcoal-grilled pork patties and pork belly.

In the oldest zen temple stands a descendant of the very tree that introduced tea to Japanese culture.

The former site of Fukuoka’s legendary ramen joint works hard to guide customers to the “original” original.

A bizarre, tuberculosis sanatorium-themed café moonlighting as an underground art gallery.

It is rumored that if you spot this little golden frog hiding in plain sight, good luck will come your way.

The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

The largest archaeological site from the Yayoi period.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.