Places astrohans Wants to Go

The spectacular geological formations make it one of the most impressive caves in Europe.

An Antoni Gaudí masterpiece in Astorga.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

According to the locals, the sands of this secluded Norway beach are infused with gemstone particles.

Luminaries from Albert Einstein to John Lennon once had a cup of coffee at Tokyo's oldest café.

Emerging from the sidewalk, this sculpture of a whale commemorates the importance of baleen in traditional Japanese puppetry.

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

In a shopping arcade, a modernized temple deeply tied to feudal Japan’s prominent warlords.

The largest privately owned statue of Buddha in Japan, built by a total amateur, with an unconventional look.

This reconstructed castle was once the base of the “Devil King” who almost united the feudal warring states.

The location of the site of one of the defining battles of feudal Japan is being fought over by two neighboring cities.

A replica of an ancient alien-like idol humorously represents spectacles in a corner of this shrine complex.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

The only airport with a people mover system designed by Walt Disney Imagineering.

In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.

There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.