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Excelsior

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Bokor Hill Station

Kampot Province, Cambodia

Bokor Hill Station

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

Originally a high school, Tuol Seng was converted into a high security prison.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

Shelley Street and Elgin Street intersection

Hong Kong

Central-Mid-Levels Escalators

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

The Forbidden City

Beijing, China

The Forbidden City

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine

Kyoto, Japan

Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Gunkanjima Island

Nagasaki, Japan

Gunkanjima Island

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

Jeju Mermaids

Seogwipo, South Korea

Jeju Mermaids

South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.

North Korea's International Friendship Exhibition Hall

North Pyongan Province, North Korea

North Korea's International Friendship Exhibition Hall

A bizarre collection of gifts to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il from the despots of the world.

Pyongyang, North Korea

Mangyongdae Funfair

This abandoned-looking amusement park is frighteningly open for business.

Massive bomb remnants outside Craters (Flickr/Paul Carson / Embikei Images)

Phonsavan, Laos

Craters Restaurant

Eat a meal surrounded by bomb fragments.

Plain of Jars site 1.

Phonsavan, Laos

Plain of Jars

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

Erawan Cascading Waterfalls and Caves

Tambon Tha Kradan, Thailand

Erawan Cascading Waterfalls and Caves

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

Superheroes made of condoms.

Bangkok, Thailand

Cabbages & Condoms

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

Giant Swing

Bangkok, Thailand

Giant Swing

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

The Democracy Monument

Bangkok, Thailand

Democracy Monument

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

The Elephant Kraal of Ayutthaya

Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand

The Elephant Kraal of Ayutthaya

This elephant kraal is the only one remaining in Thailand, dating back to the 16th century when these massive mammals were integral players in war and trade.

(Flickr/rwoan)

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque

A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.

(Flickr/+kev)

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Kota Kinabalu City Mosque

Malaysia's floating mosque.

The lake is 90 degrees and acid and would kill any swimmer

Banyuputih, Indonesia

Kawah Ijen

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

The Sidoarjo Mud Volcano

Sidoarjo, Indonesia

The Sidoarjo Mud Volcano

A mud volcano in Indonesia spews out 50,000 cubic meters of mud every day.

Nepenthes Rajah: The King of the Pitcher Plants

Kota Belud, Malaysia

Nepenthes Rajah: The King of the Pitcher Plants

These rat eating Giant Malaysian Pitcher Plants may have evolved to eat shrew poop.

Memorial Hall with Taipei 101 in the background.

Taipei, Taiwan

Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

Entrance

Singapore

Haw Par Villa

A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.

The 272 steps to the main cave, guarded by Murugan

Batu Caves, Malaysia

Batu Caves

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

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