Places sonnenlanze Wants to Go

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

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

Inspired by the famous sculptures on Easter Island, this head serves as a popular meeting spot by Shibuya Station.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.

A small shrine dedicated to a god of lightning and electronics.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

An ancient Greek physician is honored as a god at this hole-in-the-wall shrine.

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

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

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

This abandoned stepwell is one of the largest, deepest, and certainly one of the creepiest in India.

A startling, centuries-old subterranean marvel hides in plain sight.