Places d4recki Wants to Go

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.

This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

A progressive LGBTQ hub offers dancing, HIV testing, art, and more.

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

A highly symbolic tower in honor of Supreme Leader Kim Il-sung's personal philosophy.

A symbol of the Workers' Party of North Korea.

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

A bizarre collection of gifts to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il from the despots of the world.

Abandoned mini-mansions that were once intended for affluent Bangkok families now sit empty.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

One of the holiest places in the region, devotees come to Tirta Empul to bathe in the holy spring water.

This Javanese-Hindu temple from the 15th century is unmissable for anyone with even a passing interest in erotic art.

A monster in the plant world, up to 10 feet tall and smelling of death.

A Balinese resort, empty and trapped in time.

A crazy maze of a hostel, where every trap door and secret entrance brings you to a new wacky, wonderful room.

A real-life "hobbit" cave in Flores, Indonesia.

The bank's whimsical shape was inspired by a child’s toy.

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

The remote island home of the overlooked explorer who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.

These 40,000-year-old stenciled hands are older than the famous cave art in France and Spain.

This Sumatran root bridge took almost 30 years to knit itself together.