Places giapano Wants to Go

This 17th-century pub once had a hole in its wall so the neighboring blacksmith could easily access beer.

This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.

The shape of this old salt factory complex was inspired by the course of the Sun.

A suspended footbridge allows for traversing this gorge carved through the French Alps.

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.

Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.

The world's largest single-aperture telescope resides in the Canary Islands.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

This Roman quarry once held secret masses and smuggler's contraband and is now home to rare species of bats.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.

A wonderful safe haven founded in the 1960s to rescue endangered monkeys from the pet trade.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

The excellent acoustics of this natural amphitheater made it a popular preaching spot for the founder of the Methodist Church.

Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.

Two women with a flair for both adventure and artful clutter created this singular round home.

A historic pub in the front room of a Victorian-era house.

This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.

The Brutalist building harbors an unusual inverted dome that swoops down over its central sacred room.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.