Places Paradigm Dreamspace Wants to Go

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

This unique library spans a mighty river.

Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.

A historic Masonic building overlooking the Puget Sound.

An abandoned World War II bunker is part of a chain that runs throughout Washington.

Tour the original street level of Port Angeles, buried underground in 1914.

A magical sanctuary of mythological statuary.

Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

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

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

Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

This prehistoric site is home to the largest shell midden cluster in Japan.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

Home to thousands of dolls from around the world, including the "blue-eyed dolls" that came to Japan as American ambassadors.

This abandoned, spaceship-like building is home to a museum so unpopular that it has been put on hiatus for over two decades.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

This museum showcases the art of ancient sword-making.

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

Unchanged for decades, World War II-era bullet holes and nostalgic ghost signs still haunt this desolate train station.

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

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