Places goldelinemydear Wants to Go

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

The Buddhist temples of Yamadera, built into a mountain side, feature a viewing deck with sweeping views.

After a short 5 year run, this former major theme park sits in ruin.

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

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

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The Japanese mayo factory famous for its cute mascot.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

An eccentric collection of antique items shares space with a prop-quality witchcraft museum.