Places lcr0606 Wants to Go

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

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

Nibble as you learn about Slovenia's longstanding tradition of making beautiful honey cookies.

A beautiful drive through the foot of the Alps traces the path of 15th-century Turkish raids.

The world's oldest grape-producing vine has survived four centuries of turmoil and even has its own anthem.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."

Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

Underground monastery and fortress.

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

A beautiful but deteriorating monument of Soviet architecture.

The last standing example of an ancient district's teatime tradition.