Places samfsm Wants to Go

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

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

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

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

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

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

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

This Tibetan monastery has survived multiple attacks and is also a sky burial site.

The world's seventh-largest coral reef contains an incredible amount of biodiversity.

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.

These enigmatic ruins continue to vex archaeologists.

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.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

A no-frills, DIY nature preserve manned by a U.S. expat who has dedicated his life to turtle conservation.

The rusting hulk of a hand-powered, nearly 160-year-old submarine abandoned in 1869 due to the ravages of decompression sickness.