Places sweetm917 Wants to Go

If you've ever wanted to tear Hello Kitty apart with your teeth, this is the place.

This working replica of the 'Friends' coffee shop is more accurate to the show than the set itself.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Looking for a crappy restaurant? Pull up a porcelain bowl and enjoy your meal.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

A peaceful place in the woods where everything is a work in progress.

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

For divers and music lovers, the Florida Keys' Underwater Music Festival provides the best of both worlds.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.