Mitaka, Japan
Ghibli Museum
A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Mitaka, Japan
A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.
New York, New York
A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.
New York, New York
This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.
New York, New York
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.
New York, New York
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
New York, New York
A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.
Palo Alto, California
Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
San Francisco, California
An unassuming grey box sitting on San Francisco's Pier 17 is a "sky diary" of the coastal city's temperamental weather.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.
San Francisco, California
Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.
San Francisco, California
An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.
San Francisco, California
This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.
San Francisco, California
A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.
San Francisco, California
Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.
San Francisco, California
The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.
San Francisco, California
Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
Boston, Massachusetts
This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.
Boston, Massachusetts
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Silver City, Georgia
The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.
Atlanta, Georgia
Beside some power panels, a plaque celebrates the history of an alternate world.