Places lepainperdu Wants to Go

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

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

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

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

These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.

Ever needed a chocolate-filled crepe in the wee hours of the morning?

These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.