Places marasta215 Wants to Go

Time-frozen department store of dangerous and dusty relics.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

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

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Vintage furniture and art share space with all manner of collectibles at this quirky shop in Bangkok.

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

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

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

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

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

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

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

American bombs, morbid memorabilia, and graphic photographs tell the story of the CIA-led “Secret War” from the Pathet Lao perspective.

A tangible and sobering reminder of an atrocity that took place during a secret war.

Villagers have recycled bomber fuel tanks from the Vietnam War and turned them into very, very strong boats.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

An ancient jungle temple carved into a rocky overhang of the Dane Soung Plateau.

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.

Unconventional site where the tracks of Zurich tramcars intersect.

Created by a pair of artists, this former hotel was designed to provide a minimum of everything including comfort.