Places hayleyknoph Wants to Go

An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

These "50 Fortresses" have been unearthed in the ancient oasis of Khwarezm.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.

An eccentric dictator's take on a Turkmen version of Disneyland.

A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

Thailand's tribute to the original "Siamese Twins" Chang and Eng, in the town the famous pair was born in.

Gruesome statues of people reborn in Buddhist hell stand among the ruins of an 11th-century sanctuary.

Cities of the world and famous Thai monuments in minature.

Surat Thani's official flower—and the world's largest—smells of rotting meat.

Thousands of bats stream out of caves every night on the edge on Thailand's second largest park.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

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

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

From dragonfruit to mangoes to durian this Thailand resort allows guests to stay inside all manner of giant fruit.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.