Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Arecibo Observatory
The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.
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Arecibo, Puerto Rico
The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.
Falmouth, Jamaica
Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Collection of fossils, plants, and ancient animals encased in amber.
Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic
This trio of Dominican cave lakes comprise a colorful biosphere of natural life.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Have fun at the world's first Buddhist waterslide park.
Da Nang, Vietnam
This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.
Xuân Trạch, Vietnam
World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.
Gokdepe, Turkmenistan
This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Tambon Rong Kwang, Thailand
The long underground cave's curiously shaped stalagmites have inspired many legends.
Ko Tarutao, Thailand
The cursed island of black pebbles.
Bangkok, Thailand
A collection of venomous snakes and reptiles for the whole family to enjoy.
Bangkok, Thailand
A museum in a law office, filled with authentic and counterfeit goods.
Tambon Phai Cham Sin, Thailand
The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.
ambon Kalai, Thailand
A tall karst islet popularized by 007.
Bang Muang Mai, Thailand
This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.
Tambon Khaem Son, Thailand
Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.
Khlong Mai, Thailand
An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.
Chiang Rai, Thailand
A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.
Tambon Chiang Haeo, Thailand
Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.
Taipei, Taiwan
Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.
Yehliu, Taiwan
This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.