Places benjathom Wants to Go

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

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

A thick blanket of beautiful pampas grass cloaks this unique Japanese landscape.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

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

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

The simple log cabin of a famed loner and naturalist stands preserved as a symbol of the ultimate DIY lifestyle.

This quirky countryside store is known for the goats that hang out and eat the grass on its roof.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.