Places blowendtheory Wants to Go

A Bohemian "anti-hotel" offers off-kilter stays in Sri Lanka.

This amazing mountain temple is topped by one of the tallest sitting Buddha statues in the world.

This space rocket-like Buddhist stupa sits atop two giant arches and can be seen from out at sea.

This peaceful sanctuary is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Colombo.

The first and only planetarium in Sri Lanka.

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

Life-sized painted illusions let pedestrians blend in with the street art.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

Under Hanoi’s medieval citadel sits a secret military headquarters from the final years of the Vietnam War.

This tiny Vietnamese village is known for eating snakes and serving their still-beating hearts in shots of vodka.

World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.

This cavern was used as a hidden hospital and safe house during the Vietnam War.

Not far from the bustle of Kuala Lumpur is an amazing waterfall that navigates seven vertical drops.

Hang out with thousands of butterflies in one of the world's largest such enclosures.

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

This eccentric cave dwelling is bizarre even by the standards of a subterranean town.

This shrine to film's most iconic wasteland wanderer is located in the very outback where the movies were shot.

A sparkling sandstone cliffside that's worth a visit while it still exists.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.