Places exploringwithkatie Wants to Go

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

These boots are made for selfies.

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.

A vast, otherworldly collection of Buddhist stupas.

The oldest teak bridge in the world is made from the remains of a royal palace.

This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.

This extravagant villa built by a Burmese merchant is part pagoda and part European mansion.

The ruins of this prominent glass factory yield hidden treasures buried among the jungle floor.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

This tiny Vietnamese village is known for eating snakes and serving their still-beating hearts in shots of vodka.

This holy site either displays a centuries-old cross or a complete fake.

This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.

A biblically accurate ark located beneath a Hong Kong bridge is fun for the whole Christian family.

In Hong Kong, a fairytale flower tunnel is hidden within the gardens of a public housing complex.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

One of the largest bamboo bridges in Asia, located right next to a bamboo school.

Exotic, erotic, and esoteric, one artist's live-in Bali gallery brings a splash of color and madness to its surroundings.

This eerie abandoned building with a dark history is said to be one of the most haunted places in the Philippines.

A melting pot of Asian-Pacific art features one symbolic sculpture from each of 20 different nations.

It is believed that the historic tower is sinking at a rate of an inch a year, though no one is completely sure why.