Places RecklessThor Wants to Go

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

This "little gallery in the middle of nowhere" is housed in a 170-year-old horse barn in the Missouri Ozarks.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

Along this stretch of Indiana roadway resides a giant insect composed entirely of scrap metal.

Display that gathers the basic elements of the universe in one convenient location.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

A hat for every occasion can be found in this British Columbia haunt.

A unique spiral staircase that doesn't quite make it up to the top floor.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

The deadliest diving spot in the world is also a stunning geological marvel.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

The only electricity pylon built over two lanes of traffic.

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.

Blowtorches, tuna, and a jolly, chain-smoking proprietor mark this beloved street-food stand.

"Excuse me sir, your submarine is blocking my building."

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.