Places mariaricks98 Wants to Go

Seemingly unremarkable items like empty sushi trays, chef hats, and freshness stickers are being preserved so future generations can look back on this beloved cultural import.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

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

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

From 135 feet high riders plunge down the world's tallest freestanding body slide at 65 mph.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

This gorgeous space is England's largest independent library outside of London.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.