Places tokyogoreroller Wants to Go

This former Welsh metal factory is now a lovely abandoned relic but was once one of the industry's world leaders.

Eerily lifelike effigies stare at everyone who enters this sanctuary.

This magical grotto is adorned with a complex pattern of native seashells, minerals, and fragments of colored glass.

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

The same family lived in this Victorian house for nearly 100 years without altering the building.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

This unusual 7th-century Frankish seal offers more questions than answers about its past.

This imprint of an old computer keyboard has a unique backstory.

The only medieval bridge in Britain with its defensive tower still in tact.

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

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

This strange mural located in the Ueno station is filled with traditional Japanese symbolism.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

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

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

One of London's oldest houses contains a mixture of both old and modern features.

Though it's not the largest, this one-kilometer outdoor market is reportedly the longest in Europe.

The "shampooer of kings" who opened London's first curry cafe was a celebrity in the 19th century, but is all but forgotten now.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.