Places minxlj Wants to Go

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

This Japanese-inspired labyrinth of hot springs is hidden in a Chilean forest.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

The third-tallest statue in the world depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

A natural wonder in south Denmark.

Swedish mice can dine at the Nuts of Life restaurant or take a date to the amousement park.

The oldest amusement park in the world has been providing a nice spot to have some fun since the 1500s.

An ornate Thai pavilion in the middle of Sweden.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.