Kamikawa-chō, Japan
Tonomine Highlands
A thick blanket of beautiful pampas grass cloaks this unique Japanese landscape.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Noboribetsu-shi, Japan
Jigokudani (Hell Valley)
A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.
Mitaka, Japan
Ghibli Museum
A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.
Yoro, Japan
Yoro Park
Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.
Kinokawa, Japan
Kishi Station
A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.
Berriedale, Australia
Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.
Taree, Australia
Big Oyster
Homage to the local produce now serves as a car dealer.
Sydney, Australia
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Brisbane, Australia
Streets Beach
Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Goulburn, Australia
Big Merino
Three-story concrete ram with a permanent gift shop.
Katoomba, Australia
Three Sisters
This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.
Melbourne, Australia
Ned Kelly's Armour
The bullet-banged DIY suit of armour belonging to Australia’s most famous outlaw.
Pekina, Australia
Magnetic Hill
When you get to Magnetic Hill park near the sign, put your vehicle in neutral gear, and watch it roll uphill...
Davenport, Australia
Devil's Marbles
Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.
Coober Pedy, Australia
Coober Pedy
An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.
Mount Barry, Australia
Dingo Fence
The longest fence in the world stretches over 3,000 miles to keep the dingoes out.
Wellington Mill, Australia
Gnomesville
Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.
Wagin, Australia
Giant Ram
Everything about this over-size novelty animal is huge including its testicles.
North Coogee, Australia
The South Fremantle Power Station
The ruins of a once prosperous power station have become a mouldering seaside gem.
Kalamunda, Australia
The Bibbulmun Track
A beautiful hike through national parks, forests and beaches in Western Australia.
Guildford, Australia
The Academy of Taxidermy
One of Australia's largest collections of preserved animals is on display in a historic theater.
Two Rocks, Australia
Atlantis Marine Park
An abandoned marine theme park has created a difficult experiment in dolphin rewilding.
Cervantes, Australia
The Pinnacles
Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.
Hamelin Pool, Australia
The Stromatolites of Hamelin Pool
Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.
