Places mascall Wants to Go

The portrait of a man from Japan who sent weekly letters to a Dutch hotel he never visited.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

See every month of the year personified at this opulent Turinese fountain.

Europe's simulation of the Martian surface uses soil from Mount Vesuvius.

A portrayal of two lamps embraced and in love.

This building has a giant piercing through one of its corners.

This Torino museum honors a soldier who kept the city safe using barrels of exploding gunpowder, losing his life in the process.

The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.

Japan’s tallest Godzilla statue contains a piece of the original 1954 film within its base.

A colorful, architectural experiment designed to increase a resident's longevity.

This infamous execution site inspired the beginning of Japan's modernization in the late 18th-century.

A glimpse into life in 1830s Tokyo, back during the heyday of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Walls of VHS tapes adorn this Golden Gai B horror movie themed bar.

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.

A tiny chapel perched along a 14th-century bridge.

The extravagance of Portugal’s "Pink Palace" resulted in a noble title being awarded to its owner.

This historic streetcar system has been running since the 19th-century.

A small but charming botanical garden that contains many exotic plant species.