Places mariaricks98 Wants to Go

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

While comics are the main attraction at this megastore, the second floor plays host to an exhibit fit for a museum.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.

Hundreds of large Russian nesting dolls decorate this square, and the largest is a functioning hotel.

A KFC honors an eighth-century Chinese poet with holograms and verse.

The former broadcast site has been reimagined as a museum about the medium.

A collection of incredible clay crafts, complete with earthen skeletons and mermaids.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

This botanical garden boasts sculptures, industrial ruins, and an endorsement from the Dalai Lama.

A legendary boxing venue and ring featured in Rocky V.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

This five-star hotel was originally a swanky parking garage.

This architectural wonder of Mexico City houses several art schools and national research centers.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

This unique wooden mosque resembling a Chinese pagoda was said to be built without the use of nails.

A "station to nowhere" marks the site of a Siberian subway project that never saw the light of day.

Rainbow-hued in the summer and crystalline in the winter, this salty lake has inspired battles, temples, and plenty of awe.

Its collection distills more than 60 years of pop culture in Japan, from Godzilla to Hulk Hogan.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.