Places pootamadrexstl Wants to Go

One of the few surviving World War II-era air-raid shelters in Tokyo.

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

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

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

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

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

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

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

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A sprawling network of century-old subterranean catacombs lies beneath a nondescript suburban home.

There is a small island in the Gulf of Nicoya where the only human inhabitants are dead.

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

This massive Maya archaeological site is home to the tallest man-made structure in Belize.

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.