Places akiraa1 Wants to Go

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

New York's oldest magic store.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.