Pianlivere, Italy
Cascate del Serio
The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Pianlivere, Italy
The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.
Gardone Riviera, Italy
A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.
Ronggur Nihuta, Indonesia
Site of the largest volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years, one which may have nearly wiped out humanity altogether.
Myingyan, Myanmar
Myanmar's Mount Olympus atop a 2,500-foot volcanic plug.
Bangkok, Thailand
The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.
Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Ratanak Mondul, Cambodia
A quick and simple solution to Cambodia's train woes.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Khmer Rouge's high security prison.
Magelang, Indonesia
Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.
Singapore
A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.
Miri, Malaysia
One of the largest caverns in the world has a maw large enough to stack cathedrals in.
Singapore
A licentious look into Singapore's past, full of disorderly bric-a-brac and disreputable characters.
Gori, Georgia
A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.
Georgia
Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.
Qobustan, Azerbaijan
Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.
Goght, Armenia
This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.
Garni, Armenia
A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.
Byurakan, Armenia
Giant stone letters dedicated to the founder of Armenia's alphabet.
Mauritania
A geological bull's-eye visible from outer space.
Kaymaklı Belediyesi, Turkey
While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.