Places 68mak Wants to Go

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

This London marker celebrates the spot where the world-famous English band was founded.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

The origin of this bizarre, ghostly idol is a local mystery, even to the temple it calls home.

A glimpse into life in 1830s Tokyo, back during the heyday of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Daikon radishes are offered to the Japanese Buddhist counterpart of the Hindu god Ganesha at this historic hilltop temple.

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

The site of an ancient Mississippian settlement that appears to have flourished during the 10th to 13th centuries.

A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

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

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.