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Hang Son Doong

Xuân Trạch, Vietnam

Hang Son Doong

World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.

One of the murals decorating the Amir Timur museum. Note the mix of Uzbek imagery with the Soviet aesthetic.

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Amir Timur (Tamerlane) Museum

Looking for a unifying history, Uzbekistan finds its answer in a 14th Century Turco-Mongol conqueror... despite the fact he wasn't Uzbek.

Ulugh Beg Observatory.

Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Ulugh Beg Observatory

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

The dome and its attached tower (Flickr/Fraser Lewry)

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Independence Monument of Turkmenistan

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

Fountain and giant Ruhnama at Independence Park in Ashgabat.

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Giant Ruhnama

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.

Arch of Neutrality.

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Arch of Neutrality

A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.

Turkmenbashi's Land of Fairy Tales

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Turkmenbashi's Land of Fairy Tales

An eccentric dictator's take on a Turkmen version of Disneyland.

The Wedding Palace.

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Wedding Palace

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.

The Gates of Hell

Turkmenistan

The Gates of Hell

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

Archipelago Cinema
Permanently Closed

Laem Sak, Thailand

Archipelago Cinema

This floating cinema brings new meaning to the phrase "going out" to the movies.

Chang Eng

Mae Klong, Thailand

Chang and Eng Memorial Statue

Thailand's tribute to the original "Siamese Twins" Chang and Eng, in the town the famous pair was born in.

House of Opium

Sop Ruak, Thailand

House of Opium

A small museum in the Golden Triangle tells the story of the opium drug trade that gripped Northern Thailand.

Figures from Buddhist hell.

Tambon Tham Nam Phut, Thailand

Wat Tham Ta Pan

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

Counterfeit Goods Museum

Bangkok, Thailand

Counterfeit Goods Museum

A museum in a law office, filled with authentic and counterfeit goods.

Siriraj Medical Museum

Bangkok, Thailand

Siriraj Medical Museum

A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.

The Wang Saen Suk Hell Garden

Tambon Saen Suk, Thailand

The Wang Saen Suk Hell Garden

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

Lotus Sea with flowers in bloom.

Tambon Chiang Haeo, Thailand

Red Lotus Lake

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

Relocated Lenin from the back, with cow for scale.

Khujand, Tajikistan

Tajikistan Lenin Statue

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

View at the dam walls from a different angle

Rushon, Tajikistan

Sarez Lake

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

Funny Sex
Permanently Closed

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Funny Sex

Taiwan's only erotically-themed restaurant brings the comedy back to sex and dinner.

The shelter.

Keelung City, Taiwan

100-Year Bomb Shelter

A secret passageway from World War II is now a quirky pedestrian shortcut.

Prison interior

Green Island, Taiwan

Green Island Human Rights Culture Park

A memorial to the thousands of political dissidents imprisoned during the 40-year period of martial law in Taiwan.

Bei Tou Incinerator

Taipei, Taiwan

Bei Tou Incinerator

A waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.

The Dome of Light

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

The Dome of Light

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.

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