Places Damstockings Wants to Go

These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

Another statue of Japan's most famous dog stands in his hometown.

The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.

A school destroyed by fire and tsunami simultaneously is preserved as a memorial.

This small Japanese street is lined with figures, sculptures and a shrine dedicated to frogs.

Copenhagen's "other" little mermaid marks the historic location of past sea maid sightings.

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.

Positioned outside a church, this sinister folkloric figure incited protests in both 1902 and 2002.

The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.

Denmark’s oldest bakery is home to the 'Wednesday Snail,' one of the best cinnamon rolls on the planet.

Bored potato-guarding Nazis etched their thoughts onto a brick storage building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

One of the oldest structures in Helsinki is this burrow grave that dates back to the Bronze Age.