Places jensredmer Wants to Go

A pristine wildlife habitat against the backdrop of skyscrapers, nicknamed "The World’s Wildlife Capital"

Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

A salty cave excavated by elephants and the location of a deadly disease vector.

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

These strange piles of magnetized volcanic ash travel across the desert about 50 feet per year.

This rare volcano spews the strangest and (literally) coolest lava in the world.

This sacred, circular cave is lined with pools so clear and still that it's hard to tell where the water begins.

Stay in your own little bubble.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

An oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

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

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

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

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

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

A statue meant to celebrate peace has also been interpreted as a mother taking away her son's internet privileges.

This volcanic island in the Pacific just keeps growing and growing.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.