Places rccoffman23 Wants to Go

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.