Places Shady Lady Wants to Go

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

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

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

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

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

American bombs, morbid memorabilia, and graphic photographs tell the story of the CIA-led “Secret War” from the Pathet Lao perspective.

Heavily bombed during the Vietnam War, this small town turns unexploded munitions into utensils.

Eat a meal surrounded by bomb fragments.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

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

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

Abandoned limestone cave was once a sacred place of worship.

One-of-a-kind stupa in Laos.

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

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

America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

Inside this sculpture park are dozens of woodcrafts crafted by the gentle hands of a chainsaw.

A replica of an early 19th-century vessel that sailed across the world.

Wild seas have created two spectacular formations just a stone's throw away from each other.

Home to the last shore-based whaling station in Australia.

A metal skywalk leads to the top of this striking granite outcrop in Porongurup National Park.

A tiny museum in Esperance, Australia, displays a bunch of space debris from NASA’s Skylab.

This is a full-scale replica of a complete Stonehenge made from locally quarried Esperance granite.

One of the youngest volcanic eruption sites in Australia.