Places LoreofLucidite Wants to Go

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

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

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

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

Formerly a lovely white sand beach this Hawaiian stretch is now a trap for countless tons of trash.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.