Tokyo, Japan
Omoide Yokocho
Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”
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Tokyo, Japan
Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Lumio, France
Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.
Sollacaro, France
This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.
Ajaccio, France
Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.
Thessaloniki, Greece
A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.
Paris, France
A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.
Taos, New Mexico
Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.
Shelby, Michigan
A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.
Milan, Italy
A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.
Hastings, England
Every May, townspeople welcome summer with a bizarre pagan parade led by a man wrapped in garlands.
Rye, England
This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.
Ravenna, Italy
Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.
Ravenna, Italy
An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.
Ravenna, Italy
Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.
Marseille, France
France's third-largest necropolis offers a peaceful respite from a busy port city.
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France
Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.
Lumigny-Nesles-Ormeaux, France
A unique zoological park home to over 30 species of wild cats, both big and small.
Lincoln, Massachusetts
No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.
Marseille, France
This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.