Places rosetatarsky Wants to Go

These muddy eruptions are less deadly than actual volcanoes but also more holy.

Amazingly, this centuries-old wooden monastery is still standing today.

A Buddha-filled cave that is named after a giant monster spider.

A series of tiny artificial islands rich with produce bob atop the surface of the lake.

The tower claims to be the world's only pagoda made entirely from Myanmar's lucrative gemstone.

The world's largest reclining Buddha, the Giant Buddha of Mudon.

A grand example of 19th century Burmese teak architecture, and the most significant of Mandalay's historic buildings.

These serpents are considered holy and pampered accordingly.

A vast, otherworldly collection of Buddhist stupas.

The ruins of this prominent glass factory yield hidden treasures buried among the jungle floor.

Myanmar's Mount Olympus atop a 2,500-foot volcanic plug.

The oldest teak bridge in the world is made from the remains of a royal palace.

Gigantic unfinished stupa and the world's 2nd largest bell.

A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.

This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.