Places chantal Wants to Go

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

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

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

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

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

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

The world's largest collection of intentionally useless inventions.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

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

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.