Places Patricia Whyde Wants to Go

The Shinsegae Department Store is the largest of its kind in the whole world.

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.

Buy your fish and have it cooked to order in this bustling, eight-floor seafood market.

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

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.

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

A beautifully rebuilt windmill from the 17th century, situated along the Amstel River.

This large copper bolt represents the benchmark for measuring sea levels in most of Europe.

The former headquarters of history's oldest megacorporation.

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

This massive mural by famed pop-artist Keith Haring was hidden for almost 30 years until its 2018 rediscovery.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

This subterranean studio is filled with fascinating kinetic art.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

Pay a visit to America's oldest yarn shop.

This statue points to another unusual companion work of art often overlooked by visitors.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

Brass plaques embedded in pavement preserve the memories of those who lost their lives at the hands of Nazis during World War II.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.