Places mashman Wants to Go

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

A charming, homemade vending machine dispenses burgers and sandwiches at this hole-in-the-wall bakery.

This airport currywurst stand is made out of retro airplane parts.

The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This extensive collection covers thousands of years of Polish military history.

The scattered debris of a T-33 Canadian naval jet crash from 1963 now stands as a memorial.

This egg-shaped treehouse was inspired by "sport sleeping."

A collection of Inukshuks built and left by several hikers.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

An old tram depot transformed into a vintage car paradise.

From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.