Places Jess Wants to Go

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

View Japan's most historic city from a cyberpunk walkway suspended 150 feet above the ground.

These turtle-shaped concrete stepping stones provide a unique river crossing in central Kyoto.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

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

Home to a collection of drums from around the world that allow visitors to play a tune.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

Order savory Levantine baked goods with innovative twists at this takeout-only spot.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

Malcolm X's house during his most formative years faces an uncertain future.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

Outside of where Tsukiji Market once stood, these memorials honor the spirits of the fallen fish, shrimp, and eggs used for nigiri.

Its 27 graveyards represent the many nationalities and ethnic groups that voyaged to this wilderness in the late 19th century.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.

A rare wayfinding portmanteau of “Street” and “Avenue.”

Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.

A 30-foot-tall sculpture pays homage to what was once the Steering Wheel Capital of the World.