Places Nick Wants to Go

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

The world's first hotel built in an abandoned water-filled quarry.

A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.

This theme park presents 5,000 years of Shanghai history and includes a "sunken" exhibition hall.

A labyrinth of clothing, electronics, and other counterfeit items.

A hidden sculpture garden tucked within the middle of Brighton.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

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

A bright and wacky exhibit answers every question you may have had about human excrement, flatulence, and more.

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.

Its humdrum facade only adds to its electrifying appeal: a rooftop with panoramic views of a shapeshifting metropolis.

The darkest building on Earth was built for the snow-white scenery of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

One man's lifetime collection of tiny objects of wisdom gathered from around the world, on display for public enjoyment.

Step into a cartoon at this Seoul café that aims to evoke a two-dimensional scene.

South Korea's largely symbolic, barely used gateway to the North.

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

The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.

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

Both church and state get put to the torch in this annual festival in the "Bonfire Capital of the World."

This WWII aircraft museum presents its wrecks like taxidermy, complete with recreations of the crash sites.

Angels, demons, and tortured souls on a giant wall mural in a little church.

Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.

Tucked inside a South Bank bar is an epic expressionist chronicle of the 20th century.