Places jmallott Wants to Go

The first Venetian glass exhibit in Japan and one of the largest in the world.

A 17-foot-tall cutout of the Texas-born actor stands alongside the highway.

A single block in this stone staircase to the temple is mysteriously always wet.

Here lies Hattori Hanzō, a samurai who is remembered as a legendary ninja in today’s popular culture.

Remote and wild, Kinnarodden is the northernmost point of mainland Europe.

Three rare “road guardian” stelae with reliefs of the Tengu can be found in the town of Naruse.

A lone torii arch stands on a coastal rock where a deity is said to have landed.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

A Japanese-era military tunnel is now a psychedelic art exhibit.

A monument commemorating how a frontier town got its unusual name.

A seemingly out-of-place comic book surprise sits on the 21st floor of the tallest university library in the world. 

The ruins of a 19th-century aqueduct run through this Brazilian island's deep forest.

The only natural gorge in metropolitan Tokyo, with lots of greenery and ancient burial chambers.

This tombstone marks the spot where the legendary British spy met his end.

An ancient theatre in the "little Rome of the Alps."

The last place in Bahrain where you can get a custom-made dhow.

Legend holds that the Ancient Greek goddess of love once bathed in the waters of this grotto.

On an idyllic island off the coast of Sierra Leone, remnants of the defense of the slave trade and its later abolition.

Said to be the largest synagogue built in India.

A multi-story, retro videogame time capsule in the Netherlands.

This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.

This bridge's unique architecture honors nautical heritage and encourages self-awareness.

Museum on earth sciences featuring a recreation of a famous curiosity cabinet.