Places Seeking the Edge Wants to Go

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

These bamboo and rope bridges cross the Nam Khan River for six months every year.

The site of an ancient city pillar that was lost and rediscovered.

This Khmer temple is named after a young woman who sacrificed herself to protect the city from a disastrous deluge.

This mysterious tower is said to enshrine a dormant seven-headed serpent that once protected Vientiane from destruction.

In the world's most bombed country relative to its size, this incredible organization helps pick up the pieces.

Abandoned limestone cave was once a sacred place of worship.

Villagers have recycled bomber fuel tanks from the Vietnam War and turned them into very, very strong boats.

This mysteriously shaped boulder may have been used for human sacrifice in ancient times.

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

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

This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.

A tiny art gallery where artists can donate their work for the public to take and enjoy.

How one woman gave orphaned sculptures a new home in the city of Utrecht.

Visitors can still take a train to this former train station turned museum.

A historic observatory now an astronomy museum beautifully situated at the moat of the Middle Age city centre.

The imposing structure was originally established in 1580 as a military stronghold.

The world's first fish doorbell monitors this water passageway.

A uniquely preserved neo-Gothic church that is now home to a collection of art and woodcarvings.

The world's largest bicycle shelter can hold more than 12,500 two-wheelers.

A gigantic teapot sitting on top of a parking garage in the center of Utrecht.

Underground attraction offering tours of the foundational ruins of a church nave that collapsed in 1674.

The cutest way to stay safe in traffic.