Places midasblenny Wants to Go

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.