Places Genntry Wants to Go

The tomb of an infamous chimeric monster whose corpse once washed ashore in Osaka.

This temple is home to a group of Buddha statues made from thousands of bones and ashes of the deceased.

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.

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

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

A renowned Civil War veteran, this Bald eagle now presides over the Wisconsin State Assembly.

A rich history stashed behind an unassuming door in the heart of Gold Country.

The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."