Places JonAkzar Wants to Go

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

The once-grand remains of this resort are slowly turning into the strange ruins of the future.

Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.

A sculpture commemorating the "world's best mouser" in what is likely Scotland's longest-running distillery

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Visitors to this park are welcomed by an ancient Japanese megalithic tomb that dates back to the sixth century.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

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

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

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.