Places megankass Wants to Go

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

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

Disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.

A secret climbing tree hides along the side of a Costa Rican road.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

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 beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

This massive Maya archaeological site is home to the tallest man-made structure in Belize.

A natural swimming hole that was once a ceremonial center for Mayan priests.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.