Places megamaam Wants to Go

The skeletons, demons, and corpses serve as a warning of the terrors of Buddhist Hell.

This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.

A colorful kitschy temple and floating market off the beaten path.

During the rainy season, this temple is almost entirely submerged, accessible only by boat.

A museum in a law office, filled with authentic and counterfeit goods.

Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

Temple of a million beers.

A forest of phallic offerings found in a quiet corner of a hotel car park.

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

From dragonfruit to mangoes to durian this Thailand resort allows guests to stay inside all manner of giant fruit.

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

A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

The world's only official college program focused on "clown therapy."

This nightmarish children's plaything was left grotesque to help kids conquer their fear.

A massive, heart-shaped, wind-carved crater in the middle of the Israeli desert.

The most peaceful "country" in the Middle East.

This unique exhibit "Dialogue in the Dark" reverses roles as the visionless become guides and the sighted become ‘blind.’