Places vijayhm Wants to Go

A Korean village where times stands still.

Football field-sized microalgae production tanks on the Hawaiian coast create a stunning view from space.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

An ancient temple to the Hindu god Shiva surrounded by jaw-dropping scenery.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

The painted and decorated towers of this Hindu shrine were once the tallest structures in one of the oldest cities in India.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

The sacred shrine of the Yazidis.

Grotesque statues of figures from Buddhist hell haunt the temple's Sin Park.

This Javanese-Hindu temple from the 15th century is unmissable for anyone with even a passing interest in erotic art.

This amazing mountain temple is topped by one of the tallest sitting Buddha statues in the world.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

Known as the leaning temple, the sacred structure has somehow developed a severe nine-degree slant.

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