Places MeanderingMind Wants to Go

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.

An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.

Reaching the "Church in the Sky" requires scaling the cliff face of a sandstone pinnacle with a 650-foot drop.

Ethiopian standing stones featuring remarkably preserved carvings of swords and people.

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.

The hottest place on the planet.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

9,000 years of carnal history is on display at China's original Museum of Sex.

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.

This bridge dates back to the 9th century and allows visitors to walk an ancient path amid modern industrial trappings.

These picturesque structures speckle the hill above the monastery.

A collection of cafes and shops all crafted from recycled storage containers.

The Chinese have long been excellent at the art of copying, but this epic replica takes the biscuit.