Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
London, England
A beautiful Georgian church alongside the Thames has a crypt in the basement, in which are buried the bodies of the infamous American traitor Benedict Arnold, his wife Peggy, and their daughter Sophia.
Tokyo, Japan
The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.
Taito City, Japan
The world's second-largest toy production company has a lineup of its heroes outside
Tokyo, Japan
Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.
Kamakura, Japan
An unassuming set of tiles next to a mailbox mark the former location of one of the most famous springs in the city.
Telford, England
This whimsical, unique clock has been entertaining shoppers for well over 20 years.
London, England
The world’s first permanent museum dedicated to female genitalia.
London, England
The Underground railway station and its Cubist/Art Deco statue are so evocative of 1920s/30s London that one almost expects to see Poirot on the stairs.
Saitama, Japan
In the dollmaking capital of Japan, a museum dedicated to the traditional craft
Kanazawa, Japan
A massive, photogenic gate designed after a traditional hand drum used in the regional noh
Koriyama, Japan
A bizarre trio of potato-like stone people represents the dynamism of city life
Kameoka, Japan
A slice of good old British countryside, hidden in the mountains of western Japan
Nara, Japan
Once a major cursed object, this frog-shaped rock has become a source of good luck
Kyoto, Japan
A mysterious mountaintop temple infamous as the legendary home of the Tengu
Naha, Japan
This natural spring was once an important source of freshwater for the salty (former) island of Naha
Kita City, Japan
Established in 1648, the oldest of Tokyo’s restaurants survives today as a tiny tamagoyaki takeout stand
Fukushima, Japan
Museum dedicated to extraterrestrial sightings in a town famous for them
Takatsuki, Japan
A reconstruction of where terracotta funerary figures were produced in ancient Japan
Kobe, Japan
A stunning, storied set of waterfalls you can walk to from the city’s main train station in less than 15 minutes
Fujikawaguchiko, Japan
This narrow cave is revered in Japan as the womb of Mount Fuji.
Kyoto, Japan
The peace and seclusion of Kyoto’s “Moss Temple” is no accident.
Osaka, Japan
The oldest operating company in the entire world, founded in 578 AD
Sumida City, Japan
This 300-year-old teahouse is the birthplace of a Japanese springtime staple
Tōno City, Japan
A thousand figurines of Oshira-sama, a horse-loving goddess of silk, await wish-making worshippers.
