Indonesia
Pura Goa Lawah
This sacred cave temple is home to thousands of bats and according to legend, a giant snake king.
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This sacred cave temple is home to thousands of bats and according to legend, a giant snake king.
Blimbing, Indonesia
Bright Indonesian villages painted in a rainbow of competing color schemes.
Boawae, Indonesia
A real-life "hobbit" cave in Flores, Indonesia.
Kecamatan Prambanan, Indonesia
This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.
Indonesia
Exotic, erotic, and esoteric, one artist's live-in Bali gallery brings a splash of color and madness to its surroundings.
Banyuputih, Indonesia
Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.
Bantimurung, Indonesia
These 40,000-year-old stenciled hands are older than the famous cave art in France and Spain.
Magelang, Indonesia
Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.
Malang, Indonesia
This Indonesian village was revitalized by a vibrant rainbow paint job.
Abang, Indonesia
Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.
West Sumatra, Indonesia
This Sumatran root bridge took almost 30 years to knit itself together.
Kuta Selatan, Indonesia
This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.
Abiansemal, Indonesia
One of the largest bamboo bridges in Asia, located right next to a bamboo school.
Kelimutu, Indonesia
Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.
Kuta, Indonesia
The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.
Mengwi, Indonesia
A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.
Baturiti, Indonesia
This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.
Trunyan, Indonesia
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.
Denpasar, Indonesia
A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.
Magelang, Indonesia
This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.
East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.
Sukawati, Indonesia
The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."
Abang, Indonesia
Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.
Baturiti, Indonesia
An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.