All Places in Laos

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

An ancient jungle temple carved into a rocky overhang of the Dane Soung Plateau.

When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

This mysteriously shaped boulder may have been used for human sacrifice in ancient times.

A tangible and sobering reminder of an atrocity that took place during a secret war.

Villagers have recycled bomber fuel tanks from the Vietnam War and turned them into very, very strong boats.

Abandoned limestone cave was once a sacred place of worship.

A mysterious, hidden cluster of Buddha sculptures carved into the rocks.

Eat a meal surrounded by bomb fragments.

In the world's most bombed country relative to its size, this incredible organization helps pick up the pieces.

This ruined temple's giant Buddha statue bears the scars of the Second Indochina War.