Places prairiequeer Wants to Go

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

The "Jade Museum" is full of thousands of intricately carved works of art made from various precious stones.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

For those late-night mollusk cravings.

A tribute to the furry local heroes who helped get residents through many tough times.

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

The world's largest pineapple building honors Bathurst's favorite fruit.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

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

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

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