Places cdavill Wants to Go

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.

The longest manmade tunnel in Queensland is now a beautiful trail, home to a special colony of bent-wing bats.

This harsh mountain path was built as a strange attempt to improve the health of Turkmen citizens.

What began as a makeshift lost and found, now exists as a unique art installation.

The wooden sculptures are studded throughout a small New Zealand town.

A New Zealand rubbish dump named after British comedian John Cleese.

Taihape's claim to fame is a fictional Kiwi farmer wearing gumboots.

In an Auckland neighborhood, looming chopsticks lift noodles from the sidewalk.

A charmingly old-fashioned reminder of the historic building's former life.

This modern New Zealand attraction honors ancient forms of astronomy and scientific understanding.

A hidden gem of a museum that lets you search for your own fossils.

The 16-foot sculpture of a hand looks out from his perch on top of an art gallery.

An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

A strange machine made to evaluate the world economy using water and lots of tubes.

This quirky collection is an interactive exhibit crammed with creative contraptions and tinkered-with toys.

Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

An eerily charming collection of salvaged buildings and curios grown out of a family scrap business.