Places Edited by janmeister

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

No building in the world leans as far as the so-called “Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi.”

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

This futuristic public park includes large sculptures and an artificial geyser.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.