Places wilsonn Wants to Go

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

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.”

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Obscene versions of this artist's work are the most popular.

Its walls are adorned with exquisite murals of the natural world, transforming it into an ecologist’s Sistine Chapel.

A giant piece of cutlery designed to remind us about the origins of our food.

This 20-foot mountain is made up of some 15,000 mannequins—if you visit, you can even take a piece home with you.

One of England's oldest ongoing games is basically a town-wide scrummage that aims to push a leather tube into a local pub.

A rampant horde of demons smirk and snarl at visitors to this church, home to a rare complete set of medieval-era stained glass windows.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

Quaint, disturbing, and macabre objects are all on display at this intriguing collection of medical instruments from bygone eras.

Inside this station, the 1945 film "Brief Encounter" is played on a loop daily.

The longest sculpture trail in the United Kingdom.

Despite what a Thai tourism board might want you to think, this white-sand beach is in fact located on a Scottish island.