Places astridijperlaan Wants to Go

Artwork tucked within the trees greets visitors with surreal sonic experiences.

This collection of solar timekeepers includes the world's first digital sundial.

What was once a bustling mining installation is now a bustling hub of contemporary art.

No shoes allowed on this trail, which is designed to be experienced barefoot.

Crunchy, fragrant, and complex, Hat Yai-style fried chicken is renowned throughout Thailand—here’s where to get it in its origin city.

Acres of salt crystal pyramids dry in the sun along Thailand's "salt road."

An on-site urban farm and fish pond supply some of the produce for this upscale restaurant.

Eat like a bird in a bamboo nest.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

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

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

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

This 17th-century house has a long and colorful history.

This institution has been serving up some of the best pancakes in the Netherlands for over a century.

An unassuming rod in the Netherlands was once the old standard unit of length for the entire Dutch empire.

Graffiti covers the walls of a room where university students through the centuries have waited nervously to defend their theses.

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

Devious political maneuvering and four ancient, working telescopes are central to the world's second-oldest observatory.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000-year-old wood at this peaceful site.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.