Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

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

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

Time-frozen department store of dangerous and dusty relics.

The cursed island of black pebbles.

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

A forest of phallic offerings found in a quiet corner of a hotel car park.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

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

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

A hotel in Taiwan based on the better business practices that can be gleaned from Jewish law.

A memorial to the thousands of political dissidents imprisoned during the 40-year period of martial law in Taiwan.

A festival where people vie to be bombarded by exploding clusters of fireworks.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

In a park on Taiwan's rugged Eastern coast, a marker celebrates a glorious sight from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere.

Hakka-style teahouse where everybody grinds their own tea.

A plaque by the roadside describes a three-dimensional glossary of an imagined language where words are numbers and numbers are words.

A waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.

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

This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.

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.