Places danieldixon Wants to Go

Along a rail-biking route, giant insects house a two-story restaurant.

A thriving artist's wonderland located just 6 kilometers from Korea's DMZ.

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

Asia's largest limestone cave is home to a world of plastic goblins and gold mining history.

This quirky Korean eatery is built to resemble an equally quirky vintage camera.

To enter the lower hall of this temple, you must first walk through a dragon.

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

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

A thriving community of Taiwanese art.

The wartime boat shelter now doubles as an underground concert hall where musicians play on rafts along the waterway.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

Air-raid tunnels hidden beneath this opulent hotel provided shelter and an escape route—and one of the world's longest slides.

A waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

Passengers are not allowed to set foot outside this station, but you can still enjoy spectacular views of the sea from the platform.

The former home of a foreign correspondent who reported on Korea’s independence movement has been restored and is open to the public.

Booksellers and public artworks fill this vibrant promenade along the disused railroad tracks.

The name of the only golden Buddhist temple in Korea translates as "the temple that protects the country."

The world's longest bridge fountain has hundreds of nozzles that create a beautiful, illuminated spectacle.

A chilling monument to Korean patriots who resisted the Japanese occupation.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.