Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

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

The long underground cave's curiously shaped stalagmites have inspired many legends.

You can walk up Thailand’s naturally non-slip waterfall.

Eat like a bird in a bamboo nest.

A colorful kitschy temple and floating market off the beaten path.

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

The cursed island of black pebbles.

Bizarre dirt trail winds a narrow path above the tree line.

During the rainy season, this temple is almost entirely submerged, accessible only by boat.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

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

Vintage furniture and art share space with all manner of collectibles at this quirky shop in Bangkok.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

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

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.

This likeness of the famous revolutionary is entirely made of recycled scraps of metal.

This gorgeous, colorful 18th-century church is part of one of Bolivia's few surviving Jesuit missions.