Places thedeparture Wants to Go

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

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

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

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

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

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

Within this beautiful Pittsburgh cemetery, a unique headstone bears witness to one man's eternal love for Jaws.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

The pop art icon's gravesite is broadcast 24 hours a day on his museum's website.

Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

This tiny museum kept in a B&B laundry room holds the death mask of notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

The permanent home of Elektro, the celebrity automaton of the 1939 World's Fair.

Medical history museum featuring a lovely doctor's office from the 1800s.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.