Places hanssterkendries Wants to Go

Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.

This underwater sculpture park is the basis for a manmade coral reef.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

An abandoned giant glass dome sits in the bay in “the Venice of the East.”

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

Sharks, stingrays, and turtles swim in the pools at this former elementary school.

A World War II battle site made famous by one man's heroic actions.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

450 dead and frozen fish, proudly on display in Japan.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

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

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

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

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