Places phillthorpe Wants to Go

A tangible and sobering reminder of an atrocity that took place during a secret war.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

This lost city belongs to one of the earliest civilizations in the world.

Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.

The abandoned Bermudian home of a British naval leader is surrounded by crumbling sporting fields and the graves of convicts.

A tiny mosque decorated with mosaics using an early form of recycling.

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

A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the Jordanian desert.

One man's labor of love, Amman's oldest home has become a time capsule with its doors permanently open to artists and guests.

A three-table eatery sits inside the home-kitchen of a seafood virtuoso in Bangkok's Chinatown.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

On the small Thai island of Ko Mak, there is a forgotten garden of erotic statuary.

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

The cursed island of black pebbles.

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

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

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

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

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

An unassuming tomb houses an important milestone in Indian architectural history.

Only the foundation remains of the rest stop building that was hit by three large tsunami waves, killing 47 visitors.

This enigmatic stone pool is all that remains of an ancient palace.