Places chantal Wants to Go

French Time Capsule-19th Century home revealed to the public.

A gothic church dedicated to the love of wine.

Was the twisted roof on this church's belltower an intentional design or a happy accident?

Just a few miles from Novalja, a strange geological oddity has left scientists baffled.

An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.

The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.

Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

An infamous house made famous by director Takashi Shimizu.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.