Places OnwardTraveler Wants to Go

The 700-year old burial mounds of the Ahom Kingdom.

Legend has it a sacred treasure hidden by an ancient guru was revealed with a burning butter lamp from these waters.

The largest and, arguably, most scenic fortress in Bhutan.

An 18th-century Nepali-style chorten built to subdue demons and evil spirits.

This penis-focused monastery is dedicated to Buddhism's "Divine Madman."

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

The ruins of an abandoned 17th-century fort that was almost completely destroyed by a fire.

One of Bhutan's oldest temples was purportedly built to stop a giant female ogre from preventing the spread of Buddhism across Tibet.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

This garden is very fertile.

An abandoned settlement originally established by British colonialists in the Andaman archipelago.

How often do you find security guards patrolling tropical beaches to protect rare sea turtles from poachers? 

Try Thailand’s distinctive take on Hainanese chicken rice at the source.

Start your day with sticky rice sweets and aromatic curries at this classic Thai-Muslim breakfast spot.

Cavemen, elephants, and eagles greet passengers driving through the town's main intersection.

This nugget of paradise earned its name for obvious reasons.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Feast on coconut crab curry at one of Thailand’s only outposts of Baba cuisine.

Grotesque statues of figures from Buddhist hell haunt the temple's Sin Park.

Dine on southern Thai “fusion” cuisine in a home-based, second-generation restaurant.

A deserted 20-lane highway runs through Myanmar's empty capital city.

This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.

This serene bamboo walkway allows Buddhist monks from remote temples access to the nearby village.

In a strip mall parking lot, an airplane with a cafe inside, flanked by a giant statue of Fred Flintstone.