Places Jay Braun Wants to Go

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

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

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

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

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

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

A tree that defies gravity grows in an ancient ruin.

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

From Coke II to Google Glass, this exhibit features some of the most spectacular commercial flops.

This rare collection of human deformities displays fetuses with two faces, one eye, and "mermaid" legs.