Radar tours the world's most unusual nightlife destinations

(Photo: Courtesy of Es Paradis)

Dance club gimmicks have come a long way since Peter Gatien first transformed a gothic church into New York's most decadent nightspot. While American clubs these days are merely content to be big and splashy, clubs overseas—from the Middle East to Southeast Asia—continue to push the boundaries of sanity and taste.

B018, Beirut, Lebanon
Not so long ago, B018, on the outskirts of Beirut, carried only the illusion of danger. Designed by acclaimed architect Bernard Khoury, the club, in an underground bunker under a retractable roof, traffics in ironic nostalgia for the misery and terror of war. Lately, actual kidnappings and bombings have kind of dampened the party.