Places tiernoodle Wants to Go

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

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

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

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

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

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

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

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

The oldest Naval cemetery on the West Coast.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

A large instrument played by the wind.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.