Places Machinbiduletruc Wants to Go

Jean Tinguely's bizarre monster sculpture is hidden deep in a forest.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

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

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

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

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

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

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

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.