Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

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

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.