Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

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

Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

More stones than Stonehenge, all scattered within a windswept landscape sure to enchant 'Outlander' fans.

The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.