Places The Sitch Wants to Go

The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

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

A Guinness World Record-holding social enterprise whose shows don't shy away from heavy themes.

A quick and simple solution to Cambodia's train woes.

Take a hidden path to the mouth of the cave to watch millions of bats swarm at sunset.

Limestone caves in the Cambodian countryside, once the site of genocide, now a place of peaceful beauty.

This Cambodian riverbed is covered in ancient Hindu carvings both above and below the waters.

Under Hanoi’s medieval citadel sits a secret military headquarters from the final years of the Vietnam War.

A gift from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, this is the only statue of the Soviet dictator in Southeast Asia.

One of Vietnam's only mosques pays tribute to the country's Muslim minority.

The lavish temple of the Cao Dai religion that includes Buddha, Mohammed, Joan of Arc, and Victor Hugo.

This tiny Vietnamese village is known for eating snakes and serving their still-beating hearts in shots of vodka.

A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.

A massive rock in the surf steeped in legends.

One of Serbia's oldest luxury hotels and a nostalgic echo to Yugoslavia in the state's former capital.