Places zenman Wants to Go

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

Last stop before the top of the highest peak in the world.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

These crumbling towers are some of the last remnants of a centuries-old Vietnamese culture.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

Abandoned mini-mansions that were once intended for affluent Bangkok families now sit empty.

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

Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.