Places Osmo Wants to Go

Unique and somewhat surreal, this little girl's memorial depicts a playful Jesus.

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

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

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

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

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.”

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

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

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

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

An enormous Polaroid picture adds an artistic flair to Rotterdam.

This spire on an Austrian mountain is wrapped around a long spiral slide and has the world's tallest wooden observation deck.

Resting in the middle of an Austrian river, this sci-fi "island" lets people cross in neon style.

This series of underground chambers contains Europe's largest subterranean lake that is slowly drained each day.

"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer.

Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

A man-made slag heap that you can "ski" down, and is home to the world sandboarding championships.