Places Joe Voigts Wants to Go

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

Celebrating the history of Hangul, the Korean writing system invented by King Sejong to improve his realm’s literacy.

Only a few pieces remain of a grand 16th-century water clock that once announced the changing hours with the sound of bells, gongs, and drums.

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

Collected from all around Seoul, thousands of secondhand books create this photogenic tunnel.

Tracking the 1,500-year history of Korea's star cabbage.

About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This cozy little museum is a journey through the history of Mongolia’s capital.

The monastery survived the Communist revolution in Mongolia as a religious museum.

A beloved tribute to the Fab Four and the freedoms they inspired.

A nondescript dirt lot hides an intriguing center of shamanic healing.

Thousands of artifacts tell Mongolia's military history, from the Bronze Age to the present.

A jagged silhouette of shamanistic stone heaps rises from the shore of this dazzling mile-high lake.

An exceptional assortment of fossils recovered from private collections.

This spiritual landmark for practicers of Shamanism is drenched in milk and vodka and covered in blue scarves.

The oldest Buddhist monastery in Mongolia has survived centuries of invasions, political shifts, and religious purges.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.