Places denicewaters Wants to Go

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

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

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

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

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

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

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

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

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

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

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

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

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.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

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