Hitachiōmiya-shi, Japan
The Gamma Field
The world's largest radiation field is probably our best bet for irradiated vegetable superheroes.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Hitachiōmiya-shi, Japan
The world's largest radiation field is probably our best bet for irradiated vegetable superheroes.
Motobu, Japan
A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.
Nichinan-shi, Japan
These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.
Miyazu-shi, Japan
Turn around and stick your head between your legs for the best view of this tree-covered sandbar.
Komatsushima-shi, Japan
A statue of a mischievous raccoon towers over this city park.
Nagasaki, Japan
A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.
Sekigahara-chō, Japan
One of the bloodiest and most important battles in Japanese history is recreated with kitschy concrete statues.
Tokyo, Japan
Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.
Kazuno, Japan
Constructed thousands of years ago, these stone circles offer incredible insight into the lives of the people who built them.
Žytkavicki rajon, Belarus
The centuries-old crosses "growing" in the cemetery are steeped in local lore and are believed to have healing powers.
Hrodna, Belarus
The old fire station features a mural that has more to it than first meets the eye.
Minsk, Belarus
The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.
Lahoisk District, Belarus
A symbolic graveyard for the villages that perished during the Nazi invasion of Belarus.
Minsk, Belarus
A unique park tells the geological history of Belarus in a national “map” of thousands of boulders and blue spruce.
Hallstatt, Austria
An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.
Riegersburg, Austria
A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.
Eggenburg, Austria
Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.
Salzburg, Austria
Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.
Tal, Austria
Each year melting snow turns these Austrian hiking trails into scuba zones.
Wattens, Austria
Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.
Vienna, Austria
Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.
Čačersk, Belarus
A decommissioned Soviet airplane has been used as a movie theater and a cultural center.
Minsk, Belarus
This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.
Minsk, Belarus
Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.