Places mzieminski Wants to Go

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

This museum showcases the art of ancient sword-making.

Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

Make it an offering.

An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.