Places taras Wants to Go

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

Cities of the world and famous Thai monuments in minature.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

Isaan street food staples are in spectacular form at this no-frills institution.

Chronicling the history of Thailand’s unique currencies, from the silver “bullet money” to porcelain gambling tokens of various shapes.

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

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

This statue took 60 years to complete.

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

North Korea's massive art and propaganda factory now has an official gallery space in Beijing.

This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.

This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.

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

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

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

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.

A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.

Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.