Places blowendtheory Wants to Go

Finding the exact middle of a giant land mass is hard to determine, but this spot managed to do the trick.

Kakadu National Park is known for its stunning beauty and its rock art, which represents the longest historical records of any continuous civilization on Earth.

Visitors can swim with vicious predators in Crocosaurus Cove's plastic daredevil enclosure.

World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.

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

A mysterious, hidden cluster of Buddha sculptures carved into the rocks.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

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 former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

This Cambodian riverbed is covered in ancient Hindu carvings both above and below the waters.

Abandoned soda factory on a Cambodian roadside in a state of beautiful decay.

The ruins of this prominent glass factory yield hidden treasures buried among the jungle floor.

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

Vintage furniture and art share space with all manner of collectibles at this quirky shop in Bangkok.

A Buddhist shrine in a cave protected by macaques next to dark passages lined with creepy paintings.

Amazingly, this centuries-old wooden monastery is still standing today.

Grotesque statues of figures from Buddhist hell haunt the temple's Sin Park.

A phallic shrine to a princess goddess in Krabi, Thailand.

A small museum in the Golden Triangle tells the story of the opium drug trade that gripped Northern Thailand.

On the small Thai island of Ko Mak, there is a forgotten garden of erotic statuary.

Time-frozen department store of dangerous and dusty relics.

Come in, light some incense, and ignore the live snakes around you.

After being bombed and largely abandoned, this former railway workshop has been transformed into a lively market space.