Places n389 Wants to Go

Come for the fish sundae, stay for the collection of Studio Ghibli cat buses.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

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

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

Backwards hour and minute hands and a timing mechanism that fluctuates with the temperature led to this clock tower's local nickname.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

Four steel monoliths stand in the Qatari desert, in a breathtaking work of large-scale art by Richard Serra.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

This towering statue of Jesus provided internet to the surrounding area.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.