Places Umudugudu Wants to Go

Diners have been slurping 'fool's noodles' at this shop for more than 70 years.

The first miniatures museum in Asia contains all sorts of itsy-bitsy wonders, including the world's smallest working television.

This densely-packed cluster of buildings was saved from the wrecking ball and turned into an art community.

Taiwan's last Chinese character letterpress preserves the dying art of Chinese character mold making.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

A once-shattered school now preserves a visible fault line, showcasing Taiwan's traumatic 1999 earthquake.

Life-size animals and furniture made entirely from cardboard fill this odd paper-themed restaurant.

A Romanesque tower appears when water levels drop.

Religious dwelling in a Spanish volcano.

The remains of an abandoned funicular railway that once ferried skiers and hikers to great heights in the Pyrenees.

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.

Abandoned 18th century weapons factory in the Aezkoa Valley.

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.

The oldest operating roller coaster of its kind, the Montaña Suiza has been thrilling riders since 1928.

This huge abandoned fortress hidden inside a mountain holds a world of subterranean secrets.

For more than half a millennia, this automaton has rung an hourly bell.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

Hidden in the rain-forests of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India lies the village of Ziro, home to the Apatanis.

Ancient traditions and surreal birdwatching come into sharp relief along one of the world's most polluted rivers.

Bold contestants slide in a rice paddy behind two charging bulls.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

The abandoned site of the Beatles spiritual awakening and subsequent revolt.