Places yaz999 Wants to Go

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

A memorial to the thousands of political dissidents imprisoned during the 40-year period of martial law in Taiwan.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

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

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

From mid-September to early November, dreamy fields of pink muhly grass spring up all over South Korea.

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

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.

A Buddhist temple covered in intricate designs and carvings made out of seashells and pieces of coral.

A secret passageway from World War II is now a quirky pedestrian shortcut.

This abandoned prison is now a museum chronicling the oppression of political prisoners in the not-so-distant past.

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

Visit Taiwan’s badlands, which allows visitors to feel like they’re walking on the moon.

At a museum dedicated to the millenia-old rites and art of Buddhism, the Buddha's reputed tooth is held as an object of worship.

Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.

A Japanese-era military tunnel is now a psychedelic art exhibit.

A thriving community of Taiwanese art.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

Air-raid tunnels hidden beneath this opulent hotel provided shelter and an escape route—and one of the world's longest slides.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

Hidden treasures belonging to Mongolia's most revered and multi-talented monk spent decades buried in the Gobi desert.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.