Places thelibyandesert Wants to Go

The remains of an abandoned air force hospital located on a redeveloped Air Force base.

A 50-foot-tall statue of Jesus where a stairway transports the faithful into his body.

The late, disgraced President's embalmed remains displayed for all to see… theoretically.

Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

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

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

Japanese company creates clone dolls that reside in the "uncanny valley."

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

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

Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.

An overlooked collection of over 350,000 artistic works created by psychiatric patients using art therapy.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

A 20th-century picture show in 3-D.