Places Taydal Wants to Go

Former host to the World Elephant Polo Championships.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.

The world's seventh-largest coral reef contains an incredible amount of biodiversity.

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.

Kuala Lumpur’s historic single-screen cinema, transformed into a labyrinthine bookstore.

The origin of this sinisterly shaped forest is rooted in mystery.

Cute manhole covers commemorate the hometown of the real-life Ash Ketchum who created Pokémon.

A lone torii arch stands on a coastal rock where a deity is said to have landed.

Rubbing salt on this small stone dog is said to make wishes come true.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

A village in India with a mysteriously high number of twins.

More than 2 million Olive Ridley sea turtles are hatched from this mass nesting ground every year.

The largest freshwater lake in northeast India is also the only floating national park in the world.

Deep in the Thar desert, a temple crawling with thousands of holy rats.

A centuries-old lookout post still sits atop a natural stone spire.

A former bastion of Rajput chivalry, this massive hill fort is the site of legend and tragedy.

On special occasions, one of the world's tallest artificial waterfalls gushes down the side of this Chinese skyscraper.

This theme park presents 5,000 years of Shanghai history and includes a "sunken" exhibition hall.

This aquarium has almost as many world records as it does fish.