Places MeanderingMind Wants to Go

These sacred totem houses connect the Fatakulu people with the spirits of their ancestors.

No one is quite sure of the origins of these idyllic natural hot springs at an abandoned mountain resort.

Originally a meeting place for foreign correspondents and war reporters, the FCC remains an atmospheric spot for sunset drinks in Phnom Penh.

Dedicated to improving the plight of the rare scaly anteater.

A small 12th-century temple surrounded by waters believed to have curative properties.

The capital of Cambodia is named after the hill on which this ancient temple complex stands.

An abandoned Cambodian resort that mirrored the downfall of the country as it was happening.

This Cambodian riverbed is covered in ancient Hindu carvings both above and below the waters.

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

A monument built to commemorate the billionth barrel of oil extracted from the Seria oil field in Brunei.

A remote lodge nestled among some of the world's best-preserved rainforests.

A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

The fight to make Bengali an official language started in this stunning university hall.

Ancient and modern architecture are joined in Louis Kahn's monument to democracy.

Where giant ships go to die.

This colorful palace is an oasis of calm amid the hustle and bustle of the Buriganga riverfront.

This limestone cave offers an incredible view of the Río Grande de Arecibo valley.

The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

The rusted remains of a victim of Hurricane Ike.

At first glance, little checkered structures on the hillside look like they house the living, not the dead.

A stone circle on the slopes of a Caribbean volcano commemorates the leader of an anti-slavery uprising.