Places somebog Wants to Go

The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.

An eclectic mix of influences rot together in harmony in this India necropolis.

A three-table eatery sits inside the home-kitchen of a seafood virtuoso in Bangkok's Chinatown.

A shrine honoring a legendary ghost bride lies within this vibrant temple.

Vintage furniture and art share space with all manner of collectibles at this quirky shop in Bangkok.

This working replica of the 'Friends' coffee shop is more accurate to the show than the set itself.

Beijing's World Park offers the excitement of international sites without the travel.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

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

A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

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

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

A surreal pile of colorful junk fills a small yard in an otherwise gray neighborhood.

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

This Russian locomotive museum was once devoted just to Lenin's funeral before expanding to encompass Moscow's entire train history.

The "Mystery and Company of Merchant Adventurers" is an Elizabethan-era hangout in Moscow.

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.

The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.