Places thirstymaenad Wants to Go

This rare example of Vancouver's Victorian past was the home of one of the city's first bookbinders.

Two graffiti towers stand like ghosts of Vancouver's World War II-era defensive outpost.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

This Paleolithic cave may be the oldest cemetery in North Africa.

These petroglyphs created by ancient Arizonians have withstood centuries of exposure to the elements.

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

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

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

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.