Places hfritzmartinez Wants to Go

Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

Inspired by the famous sculptures on Easter Island, this head serves as a popular meeting spot by Shibuya Station.

This strange mural located in the Ueno station is filled with traditional Japanese symbolism.

This iconic sluice gate is a favorite haunt for joggers, fishing enthusiasts, and even ghost hunters.

Tragic reminders of the 1945 firebombing campaign over Tokyo still haunt this bridge.

Founded in 1880, this humble brewery still practices a disappearing technique of sake-making.

The world's largest radiation field is probably our best bet for irradiated vegetable superheroes.

The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.

Barbies stare from the walls, sit on the tables, and even pop out of cakes at this quirky cafe.

Birthplace of the Tendai sect and home to the marathon monks.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.