Places Sean Emmerton Wants to Go

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

This secret Australian garden was built on love after a man planted a random bulb he found in the ocean.

These serpents are considered holy and pampered accordingly.

A failed Russian themed village and amusement park in Niigata prefecture.

A well-known Japanese musician’s all-night concert on this island is immortalized by an unusual work of art.

At this Neolithic site, the remains of ancient humans have been found alongside the bones of the toxic fugu pufferfish.

After an Englishmen was killed by a samurai here in 1862, a two-day war changed the course of Japanese history.

A colorful, architectural experiment designed to increase a resident's longevity.

This airy five-floor library and museum houses thousands of books and rotating exhibits on Japanese monsters and anime.

This 24-hour vending machine serves up homemade treats inspired by the local Japanese snow monkeys.

A giant rooftop ride with unbeatable views of Matsuyama city, the nearby mountain ranges, and the Inland Sea.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Would you spend the night in Japan's deepest train station?

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

The ruins of the second of three churches dedicated to the saint in a touristic Scottish town.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.