Places JLowdown Wants to Go

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.