Places JohnW70 Wants to Go

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

This quirky Korean eatery is built to resemble an equally quirky vintage camera.

This small island declared independence from South Korea in the hopes of attracting tourists.

A Korean village where times stands still.

Air-raid tunnels hidden beneath this opulent hotel provided shelter and an escape route—and one of the world's longest slides.

This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.

A nostalgic restaurant evokes life in Taiwan from the 1940s to the 1970s.

Life-size animals and furniture made entirely from cardboard fill this odd paper-themed restaurant.

Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.

The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.

In the world's most bombed country relative to its size, this incredible organization helps pick up the pieces.

When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

The humble field where the first Major League Baseball game was played.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

Conveniently located within binocular range of a nuclear bunker, the "summer camp" area was a painfully obvious spy house.

Its collection highlights the monumental tasks undertaken to map Queensland.

Started nearly 100 years ago, this science experiment just keeps on going, ever so slowly.

This abandoned railroad tunnel is now home to a micro-colony of bats and a ghost train.