Places JaySky Wants to Go

Home to thousands of dolls from around the world, including the "blue-eyed dolls" that came to Japan as American ambassadors.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

The strange “kaiju” of Lake Imba that allegedly killed over a dozen men with a single strike of lightning.

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

A bizarre statue of a Buddhist goddess made from 20,000 insects.

These sculptures were created by a 17th-century artist who had never seen an elephant.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

Stretching for 22 miles, the world's longest tree-lined avenue dates back to the early 17th-century.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

A small, family-friendly museum dedicated to the “god of special effects” who brought Godzilla to life.

A disused, crumbling 110-year-old theater retains the authentic retro charms of Showa-era cinema.

In the hometown of Eiji Tsuburaya, a street lined with intergalactic heroes and monsters.

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

A gorilla holding a VW Beetle isn't what you'd expect in rural Vermont.

Pick up a kebab and a credenza at this unique combination furniture store and café.

Fossilized sea bottom and lime quarry.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.

This exhibit allows visitors to wander through the interior of a replica Ice Age glacial cave.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground