Places stonoceno Wants to Go

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

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

A sharply wedged sundial marks the point at which each day in the United States begins.

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

A sinkhole known simply as "The Hole."

This island hill is strewn with boulders carved by shipwreck victims from the age of sail.

A 220-foot deep watery drop-off, filled with marine life.

The site of a devastating modern-day mud volcano eruption that buried parts of a village.

A three-centuries-old crypt in the foothills of an old plantation.

This giant Cold War satellite dish has become a symbol of Trinidad's need for sovereignty.

This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.

A natural tidal swimming pool is ringed by bizarrely artistic lava rock formations.

These eclectic homes nestled into the cliffs of a Caribbean island were built entirely from scavenged materials.

On this Puerto Rican island, many abandoned naval ammunition bunkers sit open while a few have been padlocked by locals as personal storage.

A collection cataloguing one of the most brutal dictatorships in modern history.

Built in 1512, the oldest cathedral in the Americas.

The first official clock in North America, it kept time for the Spanish government of Santo Domingo.

A remarkable range of flora and fauna are represented in this Dominican nature preserve.

Learn the history of Dominican rum production.