Places ed860 Wants to Go

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

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

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000-year-old wood at this peaceful site.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

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

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

Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

Try maple leaf tempura at the trailside shop that brought it back from oblivion.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

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

The tomb of an infamous chimeric monster whose corpse once washed ashore in Osaka.

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

A rare north-facing Ksitigarbha statue enshrined in a passageway off Osaka’s busiest area.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

This reconstructed castle was once the base of the “Devil King” who almost united the feudal warring states.

An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.

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

One of Manchester’s museums has gathered and preserved British political paraphernalia covering over 200 years.