Places Jumboto Wants to Go

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

A remote and slightly overgrown park filled with replicas of world landmarks.

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

Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

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

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

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

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