Places J848 Wants to Go

More than 100 Hindu temples are slowly being swallowed by the forest.

A mile-long navigable cave adorned with stalactites and stalagmites reaching up to 65 feet tall.

This impressive clifftop temple was once at the center of an international custody dispute.

You can walk up Thailand’s naturally non-slip waterfall.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

A secluded, little-known temple hidden amid the dense jungle.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

An amalgam of precariously balanced boulders, ancient petroglyphs, and Buddhist shrines.

Caves full of Buddhist statues, incredible rock formations and a deserted lagoon.

At the right time of day, sunlight floods through the roof of this cave and illuminates the small pavilion hidden within.

This Khmer-era temple includes a lintel that was stolen and displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago for years before returning to Thailand.

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

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

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

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

These palatial ruins said to be inspired by Cambodia's Angkor Wat have been turned into a significant religious temple.

A small 12th-century temple surrounded by waters believed to have curative properties.

This Vietnamese bar doubles as a multistory labyrinth.

Under a breathtaking Buddhist temple in Vietnam is a basement exhibit that takes visitors to hell and back.

The skeletons, demons, and corpses serve as a warning of the terrors of Buddhist Hell.

Nestled against the majestic Ba Mountain, this historic spiritual sanctuary features one of the tallest outdoor Buddha statues in Southeast Asia overlooking the ocean.

Carved through granite boulder fields and primeval forests, this roaring river valley once served as the secret naval training ground for the legendary Tay Son insurgency.

Built upon the ancestral homeland of Vietnam's most legendary peasant uprising, this dynamic museum preserves centuries-old relics and thunderous battle arts tied to Emperor Quang Trung.

This antique shop offers affordable 15th-century Vietnamese ceramics salvaged from a local shipwreck.