Places aptabali Wants to Go

Explore a uniquely pristine Borneo forest, now protected by former headhunters turned tour guides.

Island, once a pirate hideout, now home to an abandoned resort.

The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.

These circular ruins are all that remain of a 17th-century Arctic whaling outpost.

This once-grandiose behemoth of a monument from the socialist era now sits quiet and closed up.

In Phetchaburi, Thailand, a roadside vendor cooks his fare with 1,000 mirrors and the power of the sun.

Thailand's tribute to the original "Siamese Twins" Chang and Eng, in the town the famous pair was born in.

At the right time of day, sunlight floods through the roof of this cave and illuminates the small pavilion hidden within.

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.

This underwater sculpture park is the basis for a manmade coral reef.

A crazy maze of a hostel, where every trap door and secret entrance brings you to a new wacky, wonderful room.

Thailand's country villages continue the tradition of gong-making, and invite visitors to watch the process.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.

American bombs, morbid memorabilia, and graphic photographs tell the story of the CIA-led “Secret War” from the Pathet Lao perspective.

In the world's most bombed country relative to its size, this incredible organization helps pick up the pieces.

An abandoned settlement originally established by British colonialists in the Andaman archipelago.

A sculpture garden built by a retired durian farmer.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

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