Places Lori Alden Holuta Wants to Go

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

A restaurant with an extensive Irish whiskey bar also has several first editions of famous works by Irish authors.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

An outlet for connecting to memories of lost loved ones and saying goodbyes you never got to say.

This Russian diner is staffed entirely by twins.

The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

An unusual assortment of steerable wooden sleds is on display in a library in New Jersey where they were first invented.

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

Constantly maintained, this organ is playing a six-century long composition by John Cage.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

Over a thousand feet beneath the Detroit streets is a subterranean metropolis few are allowed to enter.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

A New Hampshire grave with a grudge.

The house in the middle of the motorway.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A horse-drawn 1858 steam pumper fire engine encased in glass on the front lawn of a Michigan insurance company.