Places nilbog Wants to Go

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

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

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

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

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

A derelict New Zealand-themed amusement park in Japan.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.