Places iamangelsummers Wants to Go

This unique wooden mosque resembling a Chinese pagoda was said to be built without the use of nails.

Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.

An abandoned Soviet-era mining town in the mountains of South Kazakhstan.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.

A massive statue depicts Jesus as if he's about to take off in flight.

This historic 17th-century site once served as a secluded meditation retreat.

The longest hiking route on the island of Java leads to this inactive volcano.

This monument marks where the exact middle of the world used to be.

This mile-wide crater high in the mountains of Indonesia is the largest gold mine in the world.

One of Indonesia's tallest, this waterfall takes a 390-foot plunge into the Lake Toba caldera.

In this rare traditional factory, three generations of know-how, several strong cows, and a one-ton mortar come together to make Yogyakarta's famous "ugly noodles."

The second generation of a mighty volcano rises from the sea.

An Indonesian mosque styled after St. Basil's Cathedral.

A mostly desolate bar on a remote island hosts hundreds of sailors for a few days each year.

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

The unique design was created by the traditional way communal rice paddies were divided among the indigenous people.

Explore a uniquely pristine Borneo forest, now protected by former headhunters turned tour guides.

A monster in the plant world, up to 10 feet tall and smelling of death.

The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.

Visitors to this museum will find architectural oddities, an art gallery, and an unlikely bird sanctuary.

Site of the largest volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years, one which may have nearly wiped out humanity altogether.

Annual street carnival celebrating Indonesian heritage.

This underwater sculpture park is the basis for a manmade coral reef.