Places mariska135mm Wants to Go

The world's largest drain sits below the city of Kasukabe, Japan.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

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

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

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

A true treehouse near Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.

In 2018, Pohoiki Road was severed by lava flowing from the eruption of Kilauea.

The "largest bathroom stall in the world" offers a unique pit-stop experience.

This roadside stop between Goblin Valley and the Henry Mountains is the perfect location to view some of the region's natural wonders.

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.