Places Mathias Van de Velde Wants to Go

This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.

Exotic, erotic, and esoteric, one artist's live-in Bali gallery brings a splash of color and madness to its surroundings.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

This Indonesian village was revitalized by a vibrant rainbow paint job.

The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.

This Sumatran root bridge took almost 30 years to knit itself together.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

One of the largest bamboo bridges in Asia, located right next to a bamboo school.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

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.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

A replica of a famous Greek statue adorns the front of the unusual home of architect and alchemist Humberto Pittamiglio.

The Sun, Moon, and stars peacefully coexist with animals, humans, and their tools at this surprising sculpture park.