Places hayleyknoph Wants to Go

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

The largest Lenin statue in Central Asia was moved to an empty field rather than being destroyed.

Paiwanese restaurant run by native indigenous Taiwanese singer songwriter, and home to a DIY arts-and-crafts folk garden.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.

Looking for a crappy restaurant? Pull up a porcelain bowl and enjoy your meal.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

A Sri Lankan tea factory's ironic take on the Los Angeles landmark.

This peaceful, round shrine in the middle of the Sri Lankan jungle acts as a beacon of peace.

This luscious masterpiece created by landscape designer Bevis Bawa inspired the work of his brother, a famous Sri Lankan architect.

This elaborate temple was built around one of the Buddha's teeth.

Spend the night inside a two-story elephant villa.

Remains of military submarines built in secret jungle factories by the Tamil guerrillas' naval wing.

This mesmerizing architectural wonder will take your breath away with its unusual color patterns.

To gaze upon the visage of Sri Lanka's biggest Buddha, one must first pass through the Tunnel of Hell.

The remains of a 37,000-year-old prehistoric society were discovered in this mammoth cave, one of the largest in Asia.

The ruins of this old church are slowing sinking into the sand.

A Bohemian "anti-hotel" offers off-kilter stays in Sri Lanka.

Once thought to be the Garden of Eden it holds a holy footprint claimed to belong to Adam, Buddha and Shiva.