Places mrholland66801 Wants to Go

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

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

Would you spend the night in Japan's deepest train station?

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Once a safe haven for locals engaged in blood feuds, this 400-year-old fortified tower is now a museum showing what life was like for those lying in wait within its walls.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

Where mountaineers were checked for lice before entering the city.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

Overlooking the harbor is a beautiful neglected mansion guarded by two Egyptian sphinxes.

This 24-hour vending machine serves up homemade treats inspired by the local Japanese snow monkeys.

This kitsch-forward diner is dedicated to an almost-forgotten “one-cent” prototype of okonomiyaki.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

The beehive-like buildings of this abandoned resort reside near the border of Mauritania and Senegal.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.

A pharmacy built in the shape of a mortar and pestle, now resembles a fancy cocktail.