Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

A real-life "hobbit" cave in Flores, Indonesia.

The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

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

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

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

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.

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

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

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

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

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

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

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

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

A hotel in Taiwan based on the better business practices that can be gleaned from Jewish law.

In a park on Taiwan's rugged Eastern coast, a marker celebrates a glorious sight from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere.

This dragon-shaped sports arena is the world’s largest solar-powered stadium.

A plaque by the roadside describes a three-dimensional glossary of an imagined language where words are numbers and numbers are words.