Hitachiōmiya-shi, Japan
The Gamma Field
The world's largest radiation field is probably our best bet for irradiated vegetable superheroes.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Hitachiōmiya-shi, Japan
The world's largest radiation field is probably our best bet for irradiated vegetable superheroes.
Hakone, Japan
Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.
Ushiku, Japan
The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.
Yokosuka, Japan
A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.
Tokorozawa, Japan
An infamous house made famous by director Takashi Shimizu.
Tokyo, Japan
The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.
Mitaka, Japan
Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.
Tokyo, Japan
Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.
Tokyo, Japan
The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.
Tokyo, Japan
Unlikely place for krautrock legends to hang out.
Tokyo, Japan
A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.
Tokyo, Japan
After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.
Geneva, Switzerland
A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.
Oxford, England
Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.
Oxford, England
The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.
Oxford, England
A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.
Oxford, England
One of Europe's oldest libraries.
London, England
A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
Ketrzyn, Poland
This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.
Stará Bystrica, Slovakia
The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.
Gmina, Poland
This tower in a small Polish village uses the power of a sacred bell to ward off mischievous weather spirits.