Places nickblossom Wants to Go

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

An old greyhound bus station that's been converted into a movie theater and bar, celebrating cult-classic movies and acting as a hub for Idaho-based independent film production.

An Egyptian-revival style film house in Boise, Idaho.

This work of art by Matthew Mazzotta resides in this park dedicated to the first black legislator in Idaho.

This pop-culture shop also offers the chance to become part of their favorite tv show or movie.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

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

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

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

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

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

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Not one, but two of Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural masterpieces nestled on the same street.

A real-life hidden Easter Egg in New Hampshire's capital city

Carved, egg-shaped stone with no explanation.

A long-forgotten Victorian swimming hole is still a fun spot for a dip.