Places educatorclaire Wants to Go

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

An abandoned Cambodian resort that mirrored the downfall of the country as it was happening.

Limestone caves in the Cambodian countryside, once the site of genocide, now a place of peaceful beauty.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

1800 rooms of single-family residence in Brunei.

A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.

This penis-focused monastery is dedicated to Buddhism's "Divine Madman."

This garden is very fertile.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.

A beautiful stretch of Bangladeshi river known for its high quality sand is possibly more remarkable for its color changing water.

The building's fluid, wavelike walls are a true feat of architectural ingenuity.

In oil-rich Azerbaijan, people bathe in the black stuff.

Foreign invaders almost left this lovely Caucasus palace alone—almost.

Spring that emits water and fire at the same time is said to have remedial properties, and sparked its own religion.

Azerbaijani ghost town, decaying after a war left it an armed forces buffer zone.

Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

This series of Armenian caves held the oldest brain, shoe, and winery in the world.

Giant stone letters dedicated to the founder of Armenia's alphabet.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

Rock-cut chamber at top of an outcroup, reached by a mountain stairway of forty steps.

Museum dedicated to overthrowing the Soviets, complete with diorama of Soviets being beaten to death with shovels.