Places Skurkey Wants to Go

Giant relaxing Buddha in Malaysia.

Extravagant mosque honors modern Islam.

The largest tea plantation in Southeast Asia supplies gorgeous vistas alongside tea for the surrounding countries.

Malaysian fireflies create a dazzling display as thousands light up in unison.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

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

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

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.