Places Edited by Hermit09

The Hungarian biochemist whose research helped develop mRNA-based vaccines for Covid-19.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

The place where Dvořák composed some of his most famous works.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

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

Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

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

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

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.

Dedicated to a song so popular the request to "Play Shoreline" became part of Swedish culture.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.

Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.