Places Ju Lie Wants to Go

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

A touching statue dedicated to Japan's first therapy dog.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

Emerging from the sidewalk, this sculpture of a whale commemorates the importance of baleen in traditional Japanese puppetry.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

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

Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

The world's largest permanent architectural projection display entertains audiences nightly with 28-story light shows.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

The center of Stockholm can be found along this quiet street.

Locals rallied to save this beloved mural after someone mistakenly attempted to cover it.

The three colorful women depict characters from a beloved children's story.

The apartment where Pippi Longstocking came to life.

Small Easter eggs are hidden in the ventilation holes of the city's newest trains.

Enormous ants wielding giant pine needles guard a Stockholm real estate company's office.

Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.