Places Bowiefrid Wants to Go

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

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

This active volcano's siren song to suicide jumpers forced authorities to build a fence.

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

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.

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

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

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

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

Two nations form a rare four-sided border at the peak of a mountain, philosophical questions result.

This mysterious cross appeared on a farmer's lawn in 1972 and has been attracting pilgrims ever since.

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

This former quarry is now a picturesque gorge that hides a sunken lake.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.