Places milocedwards Wants to Go

Three generations of intrepid collectors display their curious artifacts in a homemade museum right next to the caves they discovered.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.

A magical sanctuary of mythological statuary.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

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

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

Up on the iconic Tsutenkaku Tower sits an American mascot that became Osaka’s own lucky god.

An office building covered from head to toe in over eighty variety of plants

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

In Asakusa, Tokyo's very own Walk of Fame.

The 650 red and white Japanese plum trees of this Tokyo neighborhood blossom each spring.

This abandoned, spaceship-like building is home to a museum so unpopular that it has been put on hiatus for over two decades.

Although damaged beyond recognition, this stone god is still said to bring good luck to those who tap on him with a pebble.

Only the face remains of this giant Buddha statue, which is said to be a source of luck for students.