Traverse City, Michigan
Tunnels of Traverse City State Hospital
A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Manistee, Michigan
S.S. City of Milwaukee
The restored ferry is now a dockside museum and a unique bed and breakfast.
Tokorozawa, Japan
Kadokawa Musashino Museum
This airy five-floor library and museum houses thousands of books and rotating exhibits on Japanese monsters and anime.
Yokosuka, Japan
Sarushima - "Monkey Island"
A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.
Inuyama, Japan
Little World Museum of Man
An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.
Tomigusuku, Japan
Naval Underground Headquarters
Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.
Kamakura, Japan
Kamakura Carnival Mural
This frenetic mural recalls an annual festival that once took the city by storm.
Isahaya, Japan
Konagai's Fruit-Shaped Bus Stops
This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.
Tokyo, Japan
Suga Shrine Staircase
This ordinary set of steps is a must-see destination for fans of a certain romantic anime.
Suita-shi, Japan
Tower of the Sun
Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.
Hakone, Japan
Hakone Open-Air Museum
Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.
Hakone, Japan
Yunessun Spa Resort
This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.
Washington, D.C.
The Kreeger Museum
The legacy of a wealthy executive and his wife, this little-known art museum features works by Picasso, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and more.
Washington, D.C.
The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum
Garments from across the globe call this hidden gem home.
Washington, D.C.
Dumbarton Oaks Birthing Figure
This fertility idol of questionable authenticity inspired an iconic Indiana Jones artifact.
Washington, D.C.
USS Balao Conning Tower
Part of a WWII submarine is lurking outside the Washington Navy Yard parking lot.
Washington, D.C.
Knife Edge
Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.
Washington, D.C.
Peirce Mill Spy Station
Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.
Washington, D.C.
Reading Room at the Folger Shakespeare Library
Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.
Permanently Closed
Washington, D.C.
Site of the Knickerbocker Disaster
You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.
Washington, D.C.
Misspelling at the Lincoln Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial has inspired many, even though a word on the inscription appears to be spelled incorrectly.
Washington, D.C.
Atlas Performing Arts Center
The revival of a classic Art Deco theater.
Washington, D.C.
Carousel on the National Mall
Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.
Washington, D.C.
Watergate Steps
Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."
