Places alanstrang Wants to Go

Brawny guys rolling around in oil is the oldest regular sporting event besides the Olympics.

An unfinished complex built for children from around the world sits abandoned on the Black Sea coastline.

Fantastic lake on the heart of a fault line.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.