Places GRH Wants to Go

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.

This tallest folly in the world began its life as an elaborate factory chimney.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.

This strategically placed hill fort has served defensive forces from the Iron Age up until the 20th century.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

The longest canal aqueduct in England was built without a plan to get water past the moving boats.

One of the tallest maypoles remaining in England in one of its smaller villages.

The world's smallest commercial theater is set up in what was once a urinal for Victorian men.

Trimmings from the record-setting tree line that surrounds Cirencester Park have been used to manufacture chemotherapy drugs.

Unwanted and reluctant ownership, Gordon Lamp glimmers faintly and serves as a relic of the bygone Victorian era.

A cornucopia of gargoyles adorns the oldest portion of Oxford’s Magdalen College.

A rare specimen of the ancient piggy bank of Java resides in one of the unassuming corners of the Ashmolean.

An obsolete, long-forgotten advertising character lingers on this Sainsbury’s balcony railings.

The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens

This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.

At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.