Places johannes42 Wants to Go

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

A relief that wraps around the concourse of Los Angeles's World Trade Center marks one of the city's failed urban design plans.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

This mythical weapon stuck on the mountaintop is also the site of the first honeymoon in Japan's history.

A painting marks the site of a historic skyscraper destroyed by the Great Kantō earthquake.

The site where the famous city gate once stood, now in the middle of a playground.

This extremely naked God of Drunkards welcomes visitors to Kochi Station.

The first location of the eventual video game giant.

The site of a famous samurai duel.

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

Believed to hold the remains of Japan's most infamous fox spirit, this stone is said to kill those who dare approach.

Stone slabs along the coast warn of Japan's tsunami-ravaged past, often marking the highest point of a wave's reach.

Turn around and stick your head between your legs for the best view of this tree-covered sandbar.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.