Places hellogigi Wants to Go

This underwater sculpture park is the basis for a manmade coral reef.

Subterranean place of worship in Indonesia.

A monster in the plant world, up to 10 feet tall and smelling of death.

This Sumatran root bridge took almost 30 years to knit itself together.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

The burial ground of two kings and a queen is now a calm city park in the middle of bustling Seoul.

Seoul amusement park boasts a Korean-speaking pachyderm.

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

Some of the freshest vegetables in Seoul are grown in a subway station.

The world's longest bridge fountain has hundreds of nozzles that create a beautiful, illuminated spectacle.

A chilling monument to Korean patriots who resisted the Japanese occupation.

This quirky Korean eatery is built to resemble an equally quirky vintage camera.

Step into a cartoon at this Seoul café that aims to evoke a two-dimensional scene.

Only the face remains of this giant Buddha statue, which is said to be a source of luck for students.

One of the few surviving World War II-era air-raid shelters in Tokyo.

The site of Japan’s first archaeological excavation is also the birthplace of fingerprint forensics.

One native village in Bali lays their dead at the foot of a holy tree whose natural fragrance seems to hide the stench as the bodies decompose.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

This ancient city—home to nine civilizations—is soon to be buried under 200 feet of water.

An ancient church on a tiny island covered in stone bible stories has controversially been turned into a museum.