Places silvousfay Wants to Go

The nation’s first institution dedicated to the conservation of Bhutanese textiles.

This garden is very fertile.

Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.

Visitors to this museum will find architectural oddities, an art gallery, and an unlikely bird sanctuary.

A monster in the plant world, up to 10 feet tall and smelling of death.

A crazy maze of a hostel, where every trap door and secret entrance brings you to a new wacky, wonderful room.

These 40,000-year-old stenciled hands are older than the famous cave art in France and Spain.

This Sumatran root bridge took almost 30 years to knit itself together.

One of the largest bamboo bridges in Asia, located right next to a bamboo school.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

The cafe that acts as the social hub for the small volcanic island of HMS Bounty fame.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

The world's only facility where orphaned mountain gorillas are cared for.

Located in Nairobi National Park, this animal orphanage is the oldest of its kind in Kenya.

See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.

Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.