Places chango Wants to Go

Visit a speakeasy-like indie cinema specializing in 16mm and 35mm films.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

An office building covered from head to toe in over eighty variety of plants

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

A mountaintop Buddhist temple with panoramic views of Hiroshima.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

An asymmetrically spiraling tower perched on top of a protected mountain.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

Wellington’s longest, fastest, and steepest slide offers incredible views of New Zealand's capital.

This ledge in Victoria Park served as a hiding spot for Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

These concrete crustaceans are actually public restrooms.

This 800-year-old Rimu tree may be the oldest of its kind in the world.

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

This modern New Zealand attraction honors ancient forms of astronomy and scientific understanding.

Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

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The largest model carrot in the world.