Places lepainperdu Wants to Go

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

A complimentary beverage is offered to the bodega's resident rodents every day.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.