Places missmelon88 Wants to Go

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

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

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

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

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

The world's only managed flock of mute swans was established as a factory for monk meat but is now an adorable sanctuary.

65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.

You can crawl inside this atmospheric 5,000-year-old tomb.

There are hundreds of secret WWII bases hidden in British forests. Built to fight a Nazi invasion, they remained unknown for decades.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

An iconic red telephone box turned tiny art gallery.

The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.

The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.