Places ridgleakatherine Wants to Go

A once great mansion stands in stately ruin.

A vast personal collection of World War II artifacts unearthed over many years by a father-son duo.

Calcium-rich water has turned the water and rocks of these Philippines falls slightly green.

A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.

Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.

An annual festival full of illuminated replicas of iconic landmarks from around the world.

A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.

This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.

Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.

A surprisingly large and sturdy ruin on the outskirts of a remote village.

This giant Christ statue was a failed attempt by Indonesia to dissuade East Timor from demanding independence.

Ancient images hide within the park's caves.

This crocodile-infested Timor-Leste reservoir is also home to a spectacular half-sunken forest.

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

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

These 40,000-year-old stenciled hands are older than the famous cave art in France and Spain.

The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.

The remote island home of the overlooked explorer who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.

The unique design was created by the traditional way communal rice paddies were divided among the indigenous people.

A real-life "hobbit" cave in Flores, Indonesia.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

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

A crazy maze of a hostel, where every trap door and secret entrance brings you to a new wacky, wonderful room.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.