Places melsand2000 Wants to Go

Watch cheese-flipping robots in action at this factory and museum.

Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

Every spring, this walkway outside the Japan Mint turns into a cherry blossom tunnel.

Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

A touching statue dedicated to Japan's first therapy dog.

Visitors to this museum will discover that kaleidoscopes are much more than toys.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

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

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

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

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

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

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