Places stonoceno Wants to Go

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

A festival where people vie to be bombarded by exploding clusters of fireworks.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

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

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

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.

Paiwanese restaurant run by native indigenous Taiwanese singer songwriter, and home to a DIY arts-and-crafts folk garden.

A waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

If you've ever wanted to learn about the history of Asian fish balls, this Taiwanese museum has you covered.

This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

Where the father of Persian poetry is laid to rest.

The world's second-tallest flagpole stands proud despite dropping rank.

The largest Lenin statue in Central Asia was moved to an empty field rather than being destroyed.

This dark, damp, perilous tunnel is the only passage from north to south Tajikistan.

The largest dam in the world and the site of a potential disaster.

Looking for a crappy restaurant? Pull up a porcelain bowl and enjoy your meal.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.