Places GRH Wants to Go

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

A grand Buddhist temple with Indian influences.

A century-old historical movie theatre that plays a mix of independent and mainstream films.

A disused, crumbling 110-year-old theater retains the authentic retro charms of Showa-era cinema.

The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.

The largest underground pedestrian tunnel system in the U.S. mostly caters to the people working in the offices above, but provides a great, air-conditioned way to traverse the city.

An Akita-themed facility modeled after the old Shibuya Station, erected in honor of Hachiko, a famously loyal dog.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

A 10,000-square-foot museum of operating model trains.

The enigmatic symbol on this incineration plant's smokestack is, in fact, a one-of-a-kind clock.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

This theme park is not in Tokyo, not especially German, and certainly not a village.

Tragic reminders of the 1945 firebombing campaign over Tokyo still haunt this bridge.

A labor of love by laborers in the sign-making business.

A miniature shrine in the busy corner of Tokyo's historic Broadway, honoring a sextet of unusual entertainment gods.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

Japan Railways' southernmost train station offers a view of a volcano and a mailbox said to grant happiness.

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

The only monument to name all of the passengers and crew who died on the RMS Titanic.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

No one knows why this family’s graves stayed on the national museum's premises after all other tombstones were relocated.