Places JLowdown Wants to Go

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

Ever needed a chocolate-filled crepe in the wee hours of the morning?

An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.

Japan's longest-running music festival takes place on an isolated butterfly-shaped island.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

This sports stadium was made from 25,000 cypress trees and ranks among the world's largest wooden domes.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

A bullet-scarred monastery chronicles Mexico's turbulent history of foreign invasions.

Madrid's last horchata kiosk is a blue-and-white beacon of refreshment.

Dance on a hand-hewn log floor padded with bouncy boxcar springs at a saloon built in 1883.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.

Along the side of the road on a small Japanese island is an extensive garden of uniquely designed Shisa statues.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.