Places scienceballer Wants to Go

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

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

At the right time of day, sunlight floods through the roof of this cave and illuminates the small pavilion hidden within.

One of the few places where inexperienced snorkelers can spot a shark.

Known as the most scenic route in Sri Lanka, this train line is steeped in history and offers an unparalleled view of the country.

Once thought to be the Garden of Eden it holds a holy footprint claimed to belong to Adam, Buddha and Shiva.

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

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

Air-raid tunnels hidden beneath this opulent hotel provided shelter and an escape route—and one of the world's longest slides.

Taiwan's last Chinese character letterpress preserves the dying art of Chinese character mold making.

A Buddhist temple covered in intricate designs and carvings made out of seashells and pieces of coral.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

The world's largest underground iron ore mine.

A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.

When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

This human-made pond is part of a Korean palace complex first built in the 7th century.