kirstybennetts's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

kirstybennetts

A full-time traveller with a passion for off the beaten path destinations and unusual things to see and do in better-known places. I love street art, Soviet-era mosaics and bus stops, abandoned places and concrete, Asian food and gin! Areas I spend most of my travel time: Asia, the Far East, and the New East (Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Baltic states, and Central Asia).

https://www.kathmanduandbeyond.com/

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Places visited in Cambodia

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Places visited in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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Places visited in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

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Places visited in Krong Battambang, Cambodia

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Places visited in Tianshui, China

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Ren’ai District, Taiwan

100-Year Bomb Shelter

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

Added by jonesx

Jeongseon, South Korea

Samtan Art Mine

This former coal mine has been turned into a sprawling modern art complex.

journeylism

Added by journeylism

Gwangju-si, South Korea

Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital

The abandoned hospital whose elaborate ghost stories cover up the dirty truth - an uneventful sanitation issue and other mundane reasons for its demise.

Shannon Ohaire

Added by Shannon Ohaire

Paju, South Korea

Third Tunnel of Aggression

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

atimian

Added by atimian

Seoul, South Korea

Yongma Land Abandoned Theme Park

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

Added by escapementality

Puerto Princesa, Philippines

Ursula Island

This tiny island protects a number of rare bird species by only allowing visitors to set foot on the beach.

Paul Christian

Added by Paul Christian

Cavite City, Philippines

Corregidor Island

The ruins on a deserted tropical island in the Philippines bear the scars of WWII.

Added by Geordie Explorer

Pyongyang, North Korea

Ideals of the North Korean Workers' Party Monument

A symbol of the Workers' Party of North Korea.

emmastargirl

Added by emmastargirl

Pyongyang, North Korea

Mansu Hill Grand Monument

A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.

emmastargirl

Added by emmastargirl

Kharkhorin, Mongolia

Imperial Map Monument

History, geography, and shamanism meet in this eye-catching monument to the greatness of three empires.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Tariat, Mongolia

Ovoos at Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake

A jagged silhouette of shamanistic stone heaps rises from the shore of this dazzling mile-high lake.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

The Zaisan Memorial

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

Dampo

Astana, Kazakhstan

Bayterek Tower

A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.

Added by Tawsam

Astana, Kazakhstan

Khan Shatyr

An entertainment center in a huge transparent tent.

Added by Tawsam

Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Cosmonaut Grove

Avenue of trees planted by cosmonauts before their space departures.

Allison

Added by Allison

Almaly, Kazakhstan

Bayzhansay Ghost Town

An abandoned Soviet-era mining town in the mountains of South Kazakhstan.

dwhansen2

Added by dwhansen2

Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Baikonur Cosmodrome

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

Trevor

Added by Trevor

Aralsk, Kazakhstan

Aral Sea

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Nara Dreamland

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

Rachel

Added by Rachel