Places anewell2s Wants to Go

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

This park boasts a unusual collection of curious monuments from around the world, from Micronesia to Antarctica.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

Some of the oldest exposed rock formations in the United States.

Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

This chestnut box will not be opened until the country music legend's 100th birthday in 2046.

This replica of a Sarajevo fountain stands at the heart of the world’s largest Bosnian diaspora community.

The smallest bar in Amsterdam has stayed in the family since 1798.

A cheeky name for an observatory visitor's center.

This small island has a dark past as a colony for Chinese lepers and a dropoff point for bootleggers.

The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

This hauntingly stark structure is a relic of an industrial past.

First Nations’ foodways are front and center at this food truck-turned-brick-and-mortar.