Places Aleph Zero Wants to Go

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

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

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

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

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.