Places Gingersnap80 Wants to Go

Malaysia's first and only glass temple.

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

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

This Javanese-Hindu temple from the 15th century is unmissable for anyone with even a passing interest in erotic art.

This Indonesian village was revitalized by a vibrant rainbow paint job.

In this Balinese village, coconut shells containing placentas are hung from trees.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.

This small primate research island is teeming with playing, fighting wild monkeys.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

A pocket of jungle amidst urban expansion in Panama.

This softball diamond has a culture all its own.

A huge, bustling local market in Panama City.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Underground vaults of a former brewery beneath Brooklyn's Crown Heights are now used to ripen cheese.

An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.