Places allisonrosinsky Wants to Go

Rice balls symbolize fate and relationship at this adorable shrine, which was once dedicated to the Buddhist Devil.

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

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

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

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

Nestled in the heart of a Texas town is a dreamy secret garden dating back to the 1940s.

This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.

A cheeky alleyway window hosts tiny rotating exhibits with outsized charm.

This papier-mâché diorama celebrates an unusual landmark: the brightly-colored runoff from a local sock factory.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

Stroll around the headstones of notable figures from Knoxville's history, as well as towering monoliths and melancholic headstones.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

Bizarre Cavern.

This massive sycamore tree has been labeled as one of the largest in the state.

A local prank turned town icon.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

New York's oldest magic store.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.