Places camillestevenoot Wants to Go

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

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

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

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

An infamous former prison is now a biodiverse national park.

A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.

This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.

Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.

Walk down these stairs to get an underwater view of Switzerland's Lake Zug.

One of the largest collections of traditional Māori artifacts in New Zealand.

A coin-operated washing machine turned jukebox, complete with an outdoor dance floor.

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

This charming stone church on the shore of Lake Tekapo is an icon in astrophotography.

Home to some of the world’s darkest skies, this project blends ancient Māori culture with world-class astro tourism.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

This quirky collection is an interactive exhibit crammed with creative contraptions and tinkered-with toys.

The Catlins region has a bounty of breathtaking waterfalls, the best is arguably Koropuku Falls—a majestic waterfall with an enchanting bush walk.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.