Places jzicklin Wants to Go

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A monument marking the first airplane flights in Japan hints at the dark history behind its peaceful park setting.

Haunted house kitsch meets Japanese folklore at this theme bar where patrons can “die” and have their own mock funeral.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

Haunted by a giant white snake, this pond is said to bring the rain and pubic hair.

This one-of-a-kind indie publisher-bookshop specializes in archiving historic red-light districts and niche cultural topics of the Shōwa era.

The 650 red and white Japanese plum trees of this Tokyo neighborhood blossom each spring.

Luminaries from Albert Einstein to John Lennon once had a cup of coffee at Tokyo's oldest café.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

Medical history museum featuring a lovely doctor's office from the 1800s.

Abandoned since the 1950s, the streetcar lane beneath the heavily trafficked bridge lays empty and unused.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

On a wall in Cleveland, Ohio find the story of a highly connected fictional community of organisms that created remarkable, lasting structures.