Places Shirussya Wants to Go

A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

Inaccessible by foot, Japan's most secluded train station sits in the middle of nowhere.

High in the trees or suspended between cables, these surreal structures are the works of a unique Japanese architect.

Running through lush forests and across the Tadami River, this train line offers breathtaking views of rural Japan.

A Biblically notable site over the ruins of an ancient city that is now a protected World Heritage site.

Every spring, locals see the shadowy figures of a ghost army of slain Greek soldiers descend upon this ruined fort.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.

The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

Art school in the Amazon: Drugs, nature and sustainable agriculture.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

A jungle cave in Peru of unknown depths, otherworldly sounds, and strange nocturnal birds that navigate by echolocation.

The depictions of slaughter are surprisingly detailed at this mysterious ancient site.

After an epic flood washed away its enslavers, this city has been part ghost town, part cultural wildcard for the past three centuries.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

This public observatory is home to the "celestial cannon," the longest pointable telescope in the world.

The headquarters of one of Japan’s leading astronomy research institutions features several historic observatory facilities and a 2,000-year-old burial mound.

Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.

Superb sweets await at the first Jewish bakery inducted into Berlin’s prestigious baker’s guild.

You've probably seen these distinctive orange-tiled columns on the big screen.