Places ashleypinnick Wants to Go

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.

These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.

A mass grave for victims of an airline disaster that led to much-needed safety improvements for commercial flights.

Arizona's first government hub is a rustic cabin now preserved as part of a historical museum.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.

The stone-covered graves lie within the ruins of an Old West ghost town.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

This ancient trail has claimed the lives of over 2,000 people.

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.

The lost ruins of the forgotten ferry lie hidden beneath the silt.

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.