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This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.

A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

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

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

A three-table eatery sits inside the home-kitchen of a seafood virtuoso in Bangkok's Chinatown.

Parts of this sprawling temple complex are deteriorating, but its founder’s body remains intact.

On a river island north of Bangkok, a small bar helped lead a home-brewing rebellion.

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

Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.

Peek into the world of those creating the beautiful, delicate paper parasols found all over the globe.

This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.