Places NixOfNowhere Wants to Go

Locals have put a new makeup on this strange statue every year since they unearthed it.

This train station meeting spot is an actual, millennia-old tree from the island of Yakushima.

The tomb of an infamous chimeric monster whose corpse once washed ashore in Osaka.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

A Japanese fertility god in the shape of a large phallus.

Visit a speakeasy-like indie cinema specializing in 16mm and 35mm films.

This Spanish theme park stands out in the Japanese countryside.

This tunnel looks like a sliver of Shanghai that's stuck in the past.

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

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

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

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

A pair of oily black spiders lurk inside South Korea's largest airport.

This “forbidden” sanctuary has managed to preserve a unique, ancient ecosystem.

A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.

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

This top secret Chinese military megaproject is the world’s largest human-made tunnel structure.

Ancient site of Mongolian Shamanism located near a road leading out of Ulaanbaatar.

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 nondescript dirt lot hides an intriguing center of shamanic healing.

Established hundreds of years ago, Gandan remains the premier Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar.

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

An off-the-beaten-path monastery in the northern hills of Ulaanbaatar.