Places Vivian Shen Wants to Go

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

A progressive LGBTQ hub offers dancing, HIV testing, art, and more.

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

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

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

A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.

These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.

One of the greatest collections of coins in the world is housed in the former mansion of an archeological pioneer.

A crushed gate and giant bronze head serve as a reminder of Greece's fight for freedom.

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.

One of the largest bamboo bridges in Asia, located right next to a bamboo school.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

Exotic, erotic, and esoteric, one artist's live-in Bali gallery brings a splash of color and madness to its surroundings.

A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.