Places Shunka Wants to Go

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.

You can walk up Thailand’s naturally non-slip waterfall.

A colorful kitschy temple and floating market off the beaten path.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

During the rainy season, this temple is almost entirely submerged, accessible only by boat.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

Formerly abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.