Places degan Wants to Go

See the streets of Siem Reap light up with themed paper puppets.

A Guinness World Record-holding social enterprise whose shows don't shy away from heavy themes.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Under a breathtaking Buddhist temple in Vietnam is a basement exhibit that takes visitors to hell and back.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

One of the holiest places in the region, devotees come to Tirta Empul to bathe in the holy spring water.

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

Bali’s Mother Temple, a breathtaking complex that rises serenely up the side of an active volcano.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.