Places kristianna Wants to Go

Annual street carnival celebrating Indonesian heritage.

A collection of Inukshuks built and left by several hikers.

A former elementary school houses one man's extensive collection of art, artifacts, and taxidermy.

A Canadian port town is oddly home to two of the largest tree burls in the world.

A historic ghost town still worth a visit.

This stately Victorian-era burial ground overlooking the Pacific Ocean is home to the graves of some of British Columbia's most famous figures.

Beautiful mostly-abandoned town only accessible by sea-worthy boat or plane.

This small beach park is littered with a collection of unique driftwood sculptures.

An abandoned logging settlement nestled in the woods near a popular ski town.

From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

The tomb of an infamous chimeric monster whose corpse once washed ashore in Osaka.

This bathhouse includes an option to soak in radioactive water.

Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

A vending machine dedicated to a beloved seaweed.

Walls of VHS tapes adorn this Golden Gai B horror movie themed bar.

Luminaries from Albert Einstein to John Lennon once had a cup of coffee at Tokyo's oldest café.

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.