Places chrissymons358 Wants to Go

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

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

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

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

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

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

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

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

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

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

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.

A windswept necropolis carved into the rocks overlooks the "most Portuguese town in Portugal."

A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.

This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.

Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.