Places nenaghbrosnan Wants to Go

Every summer, the Mendenhall River greenbelt comes alive with an explosion of magenta flowers.

The crumbling remains of Juneau's explosives storage site.

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.

A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

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

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

"The Dance of Fools" is Japan's largest dance festival.

These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

The floats housed in this hall are more than 100 years old, and are brought out for an annual celebration.

Birthplace of the Tendai sect and home to the marathon monks.

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.

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

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.