Guangzhou, China
The Qingping Market
A fantastic assortment of China's finest and most disturbing wares.
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Guangzhou, China
A fantastic assortment of China's finest and most disturbing wares.
Kabayan, Philippines
Smoked mummies housed in mountainside caves.
Hong Kong
Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.
Tsai Po, Hong Kong
A station built to repel pirates now attracts wealthy vacationers.
Marikina, Philippines
Iron Butterfly's personal collection of footwear.
Marikina, Philippines
Marikina's record-breaking loafers.
Luang Prabang, Laos
Abandoned limestone cave was once a sacred place of worship.
Ban Long, Laos
This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.
Phonsavan, Laos
Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.
Phonsavan, Laos
Eat a meal surrounded by bomb fragments.
Vientiane, Laos
More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.
Khlong Sok, Thailand
Surat Thani's official flower—and the world's largest—smells of rotting meat.
Laos
A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.
Mae Klong, Thailand
Thailand's tribute to the original "Siamese Twins" Chang and Eng, in the town the famous pair was born in.
Bangkok, Thailand
A forest of phallic offerings found in a quiet corner of a hotel car park.
Tambon Saen Suk, Thailand
Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.
Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
The largest tea plantation in Southeast Asia supplies gorgeous vistas alongside tea for the surrounding countries.
Batu Caves, Malaysia
Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.
Malacca, Malaysia
Self-mutilation in the name of beauty.
Singapore
A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.
Singapore
This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.
Singapore
A licentious look into Singapore's past, full of disorderly bric-a-brac and disreputable characters.
Singapore
From prostitutes to soldiers to business men, the dead in this graveyard are a microcosm of Singapore's history with Japan.
Kota Belud, Malaysia
These rat eating Giant Malaysian Pitcher Plants may have evolved to eat shrew poop.