Places RecklessThor Wants to Go

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

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.”

The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.

A Moroccan getaway in the mountain range that plays the Himalayas' stunt double.

The oldest monument in Marrakesh and the city's only surviving example of Almoravid architecture.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

Two graffiti towers stand like ghosts of Vancouver's World War II-era defensive outpost.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.

A Stockholm metro station is home to an escalator that is not only the longest in Sweden, but among the longest in the world.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

The magic's in the hole!

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."