Places sethcwilson Wants to Go

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

This ordinary-looking mailbox has a rather explosive history.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

A steel paper plane is all that remains of a crashed aircraft that caused an amazingly small amount of damage.

"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.

For the last century, this international border within a small town has appeared and disappeared various times.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

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

Japan and South Korea both lay claim to islands inhabited by one woman.

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

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

A sad reminder of the World War II bombing stands largely unnoticed on a street corner.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

This ordinary set of steps is a must-see destination for fans of a certain romantic anime.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.