Places Vivian Shen Wants to Go

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

No matter how many times this community-run sauna gets destroyed, it always rises from the ashes.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

Take a seat and hear a song by the composer Frédéric Chopin.

A massive tribute to Estonian history and culture.

A forest park outside Tallinn full of architectural and artistic curiosities.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

Rubbing the buttons along this statue's coat is considered good luck.

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

This free museum is building a collection of books that are banned, censored or burnt around the world.

Booksellers and public artworks fill this vibrant promenade along the disused railroad tracks.

This pagoda was once the central feature of a Buddhist temple that no longer exists.

Collected from all around Seoul, thousands of secondhand books create this photogenic tunnel.

Buy your fish and have it cooked to order in this bustling, eight-floor seafood market.

One man's lifetime collection of tiny objects of wisdom gathered from around the world, on display for public enjoyment.

The world's longest bridge fountain has hundreds of nozzles that create a beautiful, illuminated spectacle.

About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.

Tracking the 1,500-year history of Korea's star cabbage.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

The Shinsegae Department Store is the largest of its kind in the whole world.