Places nicopadayhag Wants to Go

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

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

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

The world's only known button museum.

A science teacher's dream.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.