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The Creepiest Amusement Park of All Time? 
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Classic Chinese Torture Methods (and their cute names) 
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Beijing’s incredible (and completely fake) Disneyland 
Castration Classes at the Beijing Eunuch Culture Exhibition Hall 
China’s all-time favorite (and all-time darkest?) comic book: Sanmao 
Why Chinese People Eat Ants 
Prosthetic Noses, Red Wigs, and Whiteface… American Characters in Chinese Films 
Learn How to Speak North Korean 
Beijing’s Single Most Horrific Meal 
This Hindu God has 1,000 Vaginas! 
Nazi Fashion in China 
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India’s Incredibly Cool Hand-Drawn Movie Posters 
Small Children Feeding Live Animals to Tigers in a Chinese Zoo 
The Sick Collector and His 1000 Pairs of Shoes 
What the Fortune Teller Told Me (Hong Kong) 
Why Chinese People Eat Deer Penis 
Outrageously Cute Korean Cosplay: The 21 Favorites 
Chisney & Koreansney: Local Disney Knockoffs 
Whoring in Chiang Mai 
18 Terrible Moments from a Taoist Hell 
One Ghostly Cambodian Ruin 
Another Abandoned Beijing Amusement Park 
Dr Shankar’s Wonderful Collection of Brains and Other Medical Obscura 
A Huge Pile of Gorgeous Old Thai Movie Posters 
The Poem I Can’t Find… 
Heavy Petting in Seoul 
Sweet gruesome statue asking for donations 
Beijing’s Dongyue Temple and Their 19 Incredible Taoist Gods 
Our Six Best China Stories! 
American Imperialist Bastards in a North Korean Comic Book 
Porn, Rats, and Antique Projectors at Sri Lanka’s Classic Cinemas 
Best Pix from Bangalore’s First Ever ComicCon - The Disastrous Fall of Sanmao
Why Chinese People Eat Snake as Medicine 
North Korea frightening customs declarations form 
Relive the Cultural Revolution (aka The Weirdest Dinner Theater in Beijing) 
North Korean traffic lights… um… robot ladies. 
13 Amazing Indian Circus Posters 
Return to Fake Disneyland? Sweeeeeet! 
China’s first sci-fi movie: Death Ray on Coral Island (1980) 
The Incredible Furniture of North Korea 
A Postcard from Erenhot 
Metropolis finally finds the right marketing campaign… 
The Bold Boys of Korean Cosplay - 15 More Pictures from weirdoid Tiger Balm Park
Tag Archives: creepy
Offbeat Museums
The Incredible Dollhouse Explosion of Xi’an
Dark and modern and ultra-creepy, the Hanyangling Museum of Xi'an is empty of tourists, but crammed with pits of naked, two-foot-tall men. It's something like an explosion in a doll factory, or a scene of marionette massacre. Their silk robes and wooden swords and wooden arms rotted away centuries ago, leaving them unarmed and armless, ...
Holy Curiosities, Theme Parks
15 More Pictures from weirdoid Tiger Balm Park
AsiaObscura friend Dawn Xiana Moon (dawnxianamoon.com) sent over a pile more pix from the absolutely incredible statues and terrifying dioramas at Tiger Balm Park aka Har Paw Villa. See our original story here, or click on her pix below for full-sized versions....
Holy Curiosities, Theme Parks
The Creepiest Amusement Park of All Time?
Singapore is bland. It's a high-priced row of shopping malls and fine eateries, with a few hawker markets thrown in. "It's soooooo boring," warned my hairdresser Miss P. But then you stumble on something like this. The Tiger Balm Gardens: The most disturbing theme park of all time. There's sex, violence, bear-maulings and scabies. ...
Historical Wonders, Modern Ruins
One Ghostly Cambodian Ruin
It used to be a retreat. 90 years ago, the French spent 9 months building Bokor Hill Station up as the ultimate getaway: escape from the miserable heat and humidity of Phnom Penh. 900 laborers died while building it, but to the French all these ghosts were worth it. There was a ...
Holy Curiosities
Giving Babies The Right Way
Okay, okay, I've been dwelling on the dark side of Taoism for too long. Sure, 19 Incredible Taoist Gods was an awesome series of sweet court officer pix, and Terrible Moments from a Taoist Temple was a collection of terrifying dioramas, but what about the lighter, cuter side of the religion? Is there one? ...
Other Obscura
Creepy Beijing Murals… in a Playground
Over at Beijing Kids, Mike Wester just posted photos of the great (and whoa-disturbing) murals from the Beijing Fundazzle play center. "Fundazzle, the indoor play warehouse," he writes, "has undergone a bit of a facelift, with a new coat of paint, new carpets and a general sprucing up for 2011." So was it John Wayne ...
Theme Parks
Tongzhou’s "Kids with Measles" Ride
I don't know if I'd feel too comfortable getting close to these kids.... let alone allow my children to ride their backs...
Historical Wonders, Holy Curiosities
The Mystery of Shuanglin’s Scooped-Eye Statues
A $2 tuktuk ride from the ancient city of Pingyao 平遥, in the deserts of Shanxi Province, there's a wonderful little temple called Shuanglin Temple (双林寺). The name translates to something like A Pair of Forests Temple. Cute. Inside, though, you'll find a strange sight. Walk to the back, and you'll come across the Goddess Temple, ...
Cute & Kawaii, Somewhat Perverted
Bangkok Loves Blythe
Siam Paragon Shopping Mall's elaborate (and incredible) Blythe exhibit offered up some leading costume designs for the creepy oh-so-slightly-pedophilic 1972 Kenner doll, which has captured the hearts and sewing skills of, well, at least a few dozen fans. From Wikipedia, "There is a network of hobbyists who customize the doll for resale and create ...